Fort Smith
-
TSB recovers voice recorder, talks to lone survivor of N.W.T. plane crashInvestigators probing a plane crash that killed six people in the Northwest Territories have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and talked to the lone survivor.CanadaJan 31, 2024
-
‘Be vigilant’: Counselling encouraged for Fort Smith residents after deadly plane crashLocal education authorities have since taken steps to provide additional support for the town's children and teens.CanadaJan 29, 2024
-
Priest in Northwest Territories prays for plane crash victims, first respondersA priest asked his congregation to pray for victims and first responders at a church service in Fort Smith on Sunday days after six people died in a tragic plane crash.CanadaJan 29, 2024
![]()
-
‘I refused to accept what I was witnessing’: Ranger on response to deadly N.W.T. plane crashSgt. Gordon Rothnie, a Canadian Army ranger who rushed to the crash site by snowmobile along with four colleagues in a rescue attempt, said he was hoping for the best.CanadaJan 26, 2024
![]()
-
N.W.T. residents say charter flights like taking the busNortherners jump on small charter planes like people in the South would into taxis or buses, says the co-owner of Aunty's Korner Store in Fort Smith, N.W.T.CanadaJan 26, 2024
![]()
-
N.W.T. church to ring bells each morning for 6 killed in plane crashPeople in the Northwest Territories town of Fort Smith continue to support each other and mourn after six people died in a plane crash.CanadaJan 25, 2024
![]()
-
N.W.T. plane crash: Fatal flight was headed to Diavik diamond mineThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a plane that crashed near Fort Smith, N.W.T., was a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease.CanadaJan 23, 2024
![]()
-
Workers continue restoring essential services in N.W.T. ahead of fire evacuee returnHay River's mayor said workers are busy bringing essential services online, and hope remains that residents will be allowed to start coming back this weekend.CanadaSep 14, 2023
![]()
-
N.W.T. wildfires: Hay River evacuees won’t know when they can return until next weekIt will likely be next week before thousands of wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., learn when they can return home.CanadaSep 8, 2023
![]()
-
Evacuation order lifted for Yellowknife after 3 weeks of wildfire dangerAn evacuation order has been lifted for Yellowknife three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city's 20,000 residents out of their homes.CanadaSep 6, 2023
![]()
