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FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — The deadly plane crash that rocked residents of a small town in the Northwest Territories has left no part of the community unscathed, including local schools. Flags flew at half-mast Saturday at Joseph B.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — One of the people who died in a charter plane crash outside of Fort Smith, N.W.T., earlier this week was a heavy equipment operator at a diamond mine who loved playing music and being an uncle, his sister said Friday.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — Northerners 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.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — A mayor overcome with emotion. A rescuer struggling with the sight of a deadly plane crash. Church bells ringing for every life lost.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — People in a tight-knit Northwest Territories town were in mourning Wednesday as investigators began to probe a plane crash that killed six people — two crew members and four passengers headed for work at a diamond mine.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — A passenger plane crashed early Tuesday near the town of Fort Smith, N.W.T., near the Alberta boundary. The coroner's office says six people have died and one person was taken to hospital.

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — Four passengers and two crew members were killed in a plane crash Tuesday near Fort Smith, N.W.T. The coroner's office in the territory says a lone survivor was airlifted to hospital.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's doing something in Nunavut he rarely does in public, which is to reflect on his father.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — As a child growing up in Canada's northernmost community, P. J. Akeeagok wanted to be a water truck driver.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The mayor of Nunavut's capital says the city's housing crisis cannot be solved unless another crisis is dealt with first. Iqaluit doesn't have access to the water it needs to support a growing population, says Solomon Awa.