Candlelight Vigil Held in Fort Smith, NWT, After Six People Die in Plane Crash

Community members gather and hold a vigil for the six people killed in a plane crash, in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, on Jan. 24, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

A tearful candlelight vigil was held at the cathedral in Fort Smith, N.W.T., on Jan. 24 evening, after a plane carrying seven people went down near the town’s airport a day earlier.

Two crew members and four passengers headed for work at the Diavik Diamond Mine were killed.