FOND DU LAC, Sask. — The federal government says it will spend $12 million to improve safety at a remote northern Saskatchewan airport near where a plane crashed in December 2017 shortly after takeoff. All 25 people on the West Wind Aviation plane were injured — nine seriously — and 19-year-old Arson Fern Jr. later died in hospital. Last fall, West Wind said all of the airline’s northern destinations now have better de-icing equipment. “The community of Fond du Lac was profoundly touched by tragic events in 2017,” O’Regan said Thursday in a release.

Source: National Post February 15, 2019 02:03 UTC