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Kamloops company wins award for drones

It started as a project at TRU. An idea to build drones to help fight wildfires. That led to a start-up company and last night, in Vancouver - a major award. We talked with founder of Hummingbird Drones

HummingBird Drones makes unmanned aircraft to help in the fighting of wildfires.

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(Robert Atwood and Richard Sullivan of Hummingbird Drones, flying a drone at Freith Farm/Photo by Lincoln Smith) (Lincoln Smith)

A young Kamloops company received a big award in Vancouver last night. HummingBird Drones makes unmanned aircraft. The venture was started by a group of Thompson Rivers University students with the help of Kamloops Innovation and the local start-up community. Robert Atwood is Humminbird's CEO.

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