Indigenous leaders call province's decision to close northern airport a 'heavy-handed approach'

Northern Manitoba indigenous leaders criticized the province Thursday for a unilateral decision on budget day to shutter an airport used mostly for medivacs and air ambulances in The Pas.

The Grace Lake Airport, located 15 minutes drive from the local hospital, is one of two airports in The Pas. The Tory government served notice to the general office of the Mathias Colomb band it will shut down the airport June 15.

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