Our Local MLA Amanda Lathlin recognized Kimberley Ballatyne in the Manitoba legislature recently for earning her private pilot’s license and for becoming the first female indigenous pilot from Opaskwayak Cree Nation. 

In 2020, Ballantyne was selected out of hundreds of applicants for the flight program at First Nations Technical Institute and she completed the course while working a full time job and looking after her children. She also managed to complete her required flight hours in three months.

Kimberly Ballantyne wants to thank her family and the team at Manitoba Aerospace for supporting her dream, and Lathlin wants to wish Ballantyne a bright future.