From Malcolm Perry of the Vancouver Sun:

• New drama series spinoff of Ice Pilots N.W.T.
  Omni Film executive producers Michael Chechik and Gabriela Schonbach launch adventure-drama series Arctic Air on CBC Jan. 10. Read more.

From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

• The CBC’s conundrum: Change isn’t easy, but the public broadcaster needs to try
  “What Canada needs is a show that speaks volumes about what it is to be Canadian,” said (Adam) Beach, the Manitoba-born actor who has appeared in Hollywood films such as Flags of Our Fathers. “[Arctic Air] brings the inheritance of the landscape, the connection to the Dene language and people, but it also incorporates a community and an enterprise that integrates the multicultural diversity of Canadian-ness.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Set Visit: CBC’s January drama Arctic Air
  Who knew the high arctic was just five miles north of the U.S. border? That’s where CBC held their west coast version of their Winter launch, in the makeshift sound stage where interiors for their upcoming drama Arctic Air are shot. The series, which stars Adam Beach and was inspired by the real life Buffalo Airmen of Ice Pilots: NWT, premieres January 10th. Read more.

From Glen Schaefer of the Province:

• Pilot drama’s a blast of fresh air
  It is a long trip from the onstage boozy bickering of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf to a TV action series set in Canada’s Arctic, but so far Vancouver actor Kevin McNulty is enjoying the ride. “I spent a morning up in Yellowknife last week with second unit, just me on an ATV in the snow,” says McNulty back in Aldergrove, where interior sets have been built for the new CBC series Arctic Air. Read more.