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In the news: Ice Pilots NWT shows daring pilots

From Alex Strachan of Canwest:

  • Arctic flying not for faint of heart: Ice Pilots NWT showcases North’s daring flyers.
    “The story may be apocryphal, but that doesn’t stop the devil-may-care Buffalo Airways ice pilots in Hay River, N.W.T., from repeating it. Airline founder Joe McBryan, or “Buffalo Joe” as he’s better known, was flying a planeload of out-of-control hockey players, so the story goes. They wouldn’t settle down – any NHL coach can relate – so Buffalo Joe pointed the nose of the 1940s-era plane skyward and flew it to 14,000 feet, where the boys passed out in the thinner air.” Read more.

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Tuesday & Wednesday Ratings: Being Erica, The Tudors, Dragons’ Den

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • Wednesday Winners: CSI: New York, Dragons
    “The other big news–as predicted here last week–was CBC’s Dragon’s Den smashing through the 2 million barrier with 2,075,000 viewers. If this was a stock, you’d be rich by now if you bought into it just last year when it was pulling closer to 700,000.” Read more.
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