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2 Wednesday December 9 2015 INDUSTRY TRANSPORTATION NEWS BRIEFS Alberta suicide rates increased with mass layoffs in energy sector Numbers released from the ofce of Albertas chief medi- cal examiner indicate that as layoffs in the oilsands have increased so too has the provinces suicide rate. Statistics from the Centre for Suicide Prevention show that 327 Al- bertans took their lives from January to June 2015 an in- crease of about 30 per cent from the same period in 2014 which saw 252 sucides in the province. In an average year the province typically counts around 500 suicides. Energy minister tells Albertans to leave Wildrose Albertas energy minister sees a solution for out-of-work Albertansgowest.ThatsaccordingtotheWildroseOppo- sition who announced Friday Marg McCuaig-Boyd made the comment in a speech to the Canadian Association of PetroleumLandAdministrationinEdmontonearlierinthe day ... certainly there are always talks about mobility of jobs between provinces so maybe they can go work in B.C. untilitgetsbetterandcomebackhomeshewasquotedas saying. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean called the comments offensiveinaprovincewithsevenpercentunemployment. Liberals follow through with light 15-minute throne speech Arebuiltrelationshipwiththecountrysindigenouspeoples ataxbreakformiddle-incomefamiliesandmoneyforinfra- structure led the way in the rst Speech from the Throne of the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau era Dec. 4. There were also promises of more intense stewardship of the environ- mentmoretransparencyingovernmentandanendtoom- nibusbillsandunnecessaryprorogationsbutnomentionof thecontroversialC-51ornationalchildcarewhichshocked NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. SpayedNeutered Up-to-datewithroutineshots House trained TriciaFemaleBaby Calico Looking for a new home Tricia is very well-behaved and loves to be cuddled. Shes only a baby and she needs somebody to love her and take care of her. But you can adopt her and love her. Yay A happy ending Our Yellowknife phone system is changing to serve you better. Fewer numbers for the services you need Direct extensions to reach employees An automated attendant to direct your call Need to find a number GNWT Switchboard 867 767-9000 Online Directory rdirectory.gov.nt.ca Most publicly posted numbers will continue to work during the transition. Find out more www.pws.gov.nt.caprojectsphones.htm Our Yellowknife phone systemOur Yellowknife phone systemOur Yellowknife phone systemOur Yellowknife phone system Calling the GNWT The Legislative Assembly and the Departments of Lands and Industry Tourism and Investments Mining Recorders Office have recently moved to the new phone system. Leg Lands ITI New Phone Ad - NJournal.indd 1 1232015 11210 PM By CRAIG GILBERT Buffalo Airways the Ice Pilots of NWT have been cancelled in real life after Transport Canada suspended the airlines operator certi- cate Nov. 30. The Yellowknife avia- tion company which flies mainly Second World War- era planes gained interna- tional notoriety as the sub- ject of the History Channel reality show broadcast in 60 countries including Canada the United States and the United Kingdom but it has a poor safety record accord- ing to Transport Canada. The company is prohibited from providing commercial air services but said Wednesday afternoon it intended to con- tinue to support passenger and freight customers with charter aircraft. Transport Canada does not hesitate to take safety action a statement from the board read. Transport Canada took this serious ac- tion in the interest of public safety because of Buffalo Air- ways poor safety record. The Grounded Buffalo Airways to continue with charter aircraft department will not allow Buffalo Airways to resume its commercial air service until it proves it can keep its operations consistently com- pliant with aviation safety regulations. Most recently a Buffalo DC-3 was involved in a hard landing near Deline in Sep- tember. No injuries were re- ported. Transport Canada investigated two other inci- dents involving Buffalo Air- ways months apart in 2013. In August of that year a Buf- falo DC-3 built in 1942 made a crash landing at the Yel- lowknife airport 30 seconds after takeoff when an engine burst into ames. The plane had three crew members and 21 passengers on board and struckastandoftreesandleft a trail of wreckage 330 feet long before stopping. Again no one was hurt. In December 2013 a vin- tage Buffalo C-46 aircraft caught re at the same air- port while taxiing down the runway. In its report on the August 2013 incident Transport Canada TC described tense relations with the company over a period of years claim- ing that in 2011 the company questioned the competence and motivation of inspectors in repeated diatribes against Transport Canada. It said that prior to 2010 the audit and inspection cycle for Buffalo Airways was a cycle of repeated inspection ndings during which inspections would identify unsafe conditions the company would take ac- tion to address them and sometime later the condi- tions would recur. The companys response to deciencies identied during TC surveillance activities demonstrated an adversar- ial relationship between the company and the regulator. The company refuted the regulatory basis of ndings questionedthecompetenceof TC inspectors and initially did not take responsibility for the issues identied. The overall picture that emerged from this investigation is of an organization that met the basic requirements of regu- lations and then only when pushed by the regulator. Transport Canada said it liaised with Buffalo Airways throughouttheperiodleading up to the Nov. 30 suspension and will continue working with the company in the in- terest of public safety. Hay River Mayor Brad Mapes said the ground- ing is a huge issue for his community. Buffalo is a key transpor- tation link for our town he said Wednesday. Personally Buffalo has always made me feel safe ying with them and Im hoping that Transport Canada can get the needed assurances from Buffalo to resume service. The Dene Nation also ex- pressed concern on its Face- book page about the loss of freight service to Northern communities. We now wonder how freight service will be going north since our winter roads are not open yet and Christmas is just around the corner The company described in the official Ice Pilots NWT Twitter account bio as the most unconventional airline in the Canadian North did not respond to a Journal request for com- ment but posted a brief statement on its Facebook page Buffalo Airways will continue to support all of our customers travel and freight needs though char- tered aircraft until such time Buffalo Airways has resolved this issue with Transport Canada. The company said it had been able to support pas- senger ights between Hay River and Yellowknife and that Deline Tulita and Nor- man Wells had received gro- ceries and holiday supplies from chartered aircraft. Buffalo Airways will con- tinue to meet our customers needs by any means neces- sary. We are overwhelmed by the amount of support we have received both nationally and internationally. That support included Facebookposts fromfans like longtime Hay River resident June Simpson. I would y with owner Joe McBryan anytime of the day she posted. His daughter is the nicest ticket agent Ive ever met in my 40 years of ying on my own. If I were to go down in a plane Id sooner go down in a Buf- falo plane. Buffalo Joe you got a family of friends be- hind you. Sue Long sent support all the way from England. Long Live Buffalo Air- ways she posted late Thurs- day. Yorkshire supports you all. If I were to go down in a plane Id sooner go down in a Buffalo plane. June Simpson Hay River