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Manitoba Transportation officials have reported that the twin engine plane which crashed in eastern Manitoba on Dec. 9 near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation could have flown back to Winnipeg after encountering poor weather conditions at the remote airfield.

Instead, the plane carrying 17 people, crashed one km from the small, gravel airstrip. Four people were killed in the crash.

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Manitoba Transportation officials have reported that the twin engine plane which crashed in eastern Manitoba on Dec. 9 near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation could have flown back to Winnipeg after encountering poor weather conditions at the remote airfield.

Instead, the plane carrying 17 people, crashed one km from the small, gravel airstrip. Four people were killed in the crash.

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The second airplane accident in three days occurred at an airfield in eastern Manitoba near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation on Friday, Dec. 12.

Early that afternoon, a twin engine Navaho plane, owned by Northway Aviation in Winnipeg, ran out of runway after aborting a take-off from the remote airstrip, 300 km northeast of Winnipeg, reported the Little Grand Rapids RCMP.

The plane, carrying two passengers and a pilot, was taxiing down the gravel runway, ready for take-off, when the front door opened.

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The second airplane accident in three days occurred at an airfield in eastern Manitoba near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation on Friday, Dec. 12.

Early that afternoon, a twin engine Navaho plane, owned by Northway Aviation in Winnipeg, ran out of runway after aborting a take-off from the remote airstrip, 300 km northeast of Winnipeg, reported the Little Grand Rapids RCMP.

The plane, carrying two passengers and a pilot, was taxiing down the gravel runway, ready for take-off, when the front door opened.

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The second airplane accident in three days occurred at an airfield in eastern Manitoba near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation on Friday, Dec. 12.

Early that afternoon, a twin engine Navaho plane, owned by Northway Aviation in Winnipeg, ran out of runway after aborting a take-off from the remote airstrip, 300 km northeast of Winnipeg, reported the Little Grand Rapids RCMP.

The plane, carrying two passengers and a pilot, was taxiing down the gravel runway, ready for take-off, when the front door opened.

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Seven of the 17 people aboard a small plane that crashed near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation in eastern Manitoba were tribal council staff members on their way to help with a Christmas party at the neighboring Pauingassi First Nation.

"They were going up there to help prepare Christmas dinner for the community," said Manitoba's Southeast Tribal Council Executive Director Joe Malcolm. "Six of them were child and family service workers and the other was a maintenance worker."

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Seven of the 17 people aboard a small plane that crashed near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation in eastern Manitoba were tribal council staff members on their way to help with a Christmas party at the neighboring Pauingassi First Nation.

"They were going up there to help prepare Christmas dinner for the community," said Manitoba's Southeast Tribal Council Executive Director Joe Malcolm. "Six of them were child and family service workers and the other was a maintenance worker."

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Seven of the 17 people aboard a small plane that crashed near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation in eastern Manitoba were tribal council staff members on their way to help with a Christmas party at the neighboring Pauingassi First Nation.

"They were going up there to help prepare Christmas dinner for the community," said Manitoba's Southeast Tribal Council Executive Director Joe Malcolm. "Six of them were child and family service workers and the other was a maintenance worker."

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada dealt a blow to the legacy of colonialism when he handed down his 87 page decision in the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia land claim case on Dec. 11.

Justice Antonio Lamer wrote the decision, with all his fellow justices on the highest court in the land concurring, which completely overturned the 1991 decision of then British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Allan McEachern who dismissed the oral testimony of Elders and chiefs and ruled that Aboriginal rights to land in the province had been distinguished in 1871.

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada dealt a blow to the legacy of colonialism when he handed down his 87 page decision in the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia land claim case on Dec. 11.

Justice Antonio Lamer wrote the decision, with all his fellow justices on the highest court in the land concurring, which completely overturned the 1991 decision of then British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Allan McEachern who dismissed the oral testimony of Elders and chiefs and ruled that Aboriginal rights to land in the province had been distinguished in 1871.