Halifax-born former journalist, 35, mourned for cheerful patriotism and energetic storytelling
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds jets are seen in the background as women attach a sign to a fence in Kamloops, B.C., May 18, 2020.Before she became Captain Jennifer Casey of the Royal Canadian Air Force – and, fatefully, public-affairs officer for the Snowbirds aerobatic team – Jenn Casey was a mischievous college kid.
But this creative act of civil disobedience was also in keeping with the clever and adventurous young woman described by friends and colleagues on Monday. Capt. Casey, who was killed when the air-show plane she was flying in crashed shortly after takeoff in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, is being mourned in her native Halifax and beyond for her cheerful patriotism, sense of humour, professional skill and electric energy.
After earning her bachelor of arts at Dalhousie, back home in Halifax, she studied journalism at the city’s University of King’s College for a year, where she could indulge her irreverent political streak and passion for storytelling. If she was the architect of nights out, she was also their most engaging chronicler, said Angele Cano, another classmate. “She would narrate a story of a night out and all the antics that went on and make me feel that I was there.”That talent for storytelling landed her jobs in radio as a reporter, anchor and producer in Halifax and then Belleville, Ont.
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