The 696 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Blind River is no more.

The 696 Air Cadet Squadron held its final meeting on Sept. 10 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Blind River, along with the active Royal Canadian Artillery 2407 Army Cadet Corps. For the past couple of years they have been holding joint meetings.

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Micheline Ethier, chair of the 696 Air Cadet Squadron support committee for the past several years, says they only had five air cadets in the squadron, but their main issue and reason for the closure was a lack of officers.

Major Golder is the area elemental advisor for cadet units in the Algoma District and the City of Thunder Bay, and is based in Sault Ste. Marie. She was representing Lieutenant-Colonel McKenzie, the regional cadet support unit comm

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