Just when you think you’ve seen and done it all in the aviation business, the telephone rings and you find yourself immersed in yet another unexpected situation for that book you have jokingly discussed writing one day!

The morning air is cool. The sun slowly rises in the clouded grey sky. It’s 5:30 a.m. and I have just arrived at the Walking Out ceremony.

Kris Chikane drapes a towel over the right shoulder of his black jersey. “A little sore,” he replies when asked about the state of his pitching arm. “Very sore,” he admits a few minutes later.

For the past seven years Wasaya Airways LP has been a proud season sponsor of the Lakehead University (LU) Thunderwolves varsity hockey team.

A stroll into the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre in Sioux Lookout will reveal a multitude of resources for teaching Anishiniimowin. Books, signs, binders and posters adorn walls, shelves and desks. The staff of the language centre produces most of these resources.