A pilot project has proven more weight can be added to the loads hauled by large commercial vehicles between Hay River and the mines north of Yellowknife, according to the GNWT Department of Transportation.
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Choirboys they are not, but Buffalo Airways’ 100 or so employees who were grounded by federal aviation inspectors could be back on the job soon.
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Buffalo Airways, the “Ice Pilots of NWT” have been cancelled in real life after Transport Canada suspended the airline’s operator certificate Nov. 30.
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New legislation extending workplace protections to farms and ranches needs to be put back in the stable, according to Alberta’s official opposition.
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Three separate capsized watercraft incidents left one person confirmed dead and two others presumed deceased last week.
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In the news this week is the large number of small communities in Northern Canada that have no resources to support women vulnerable to abuse from their mates; no “women’s shelters” where they can seek refuge with their children, or victim’s counsellor services to advise them of their rights or attend to them after they are beat on.
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