Here is a list of interesting cases concerning amateur radio in Canada:

• Canada (Minister of Industry) v. Thomson, 2004 FC 265 (CanLII)
• Intel Corporation v Icom Incorporated, 1999 CanLII 19578 (CA TMOB)
• Modeste c. Ville de Longueuil, 2023 QCCQ 9921 (CanLII)
• Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development) v. Blanchette, 2019 FC 557 (CanLII)
• Williams v The Owners, Strata Plan NW 1340, 2021 BCSC 2058 (CanLII)
• Lafortune v. Puccini (Gen. Div.), 1991 CanLII 7221 (ON SC)
• 20090056 (Re), 2009 CanLII 75644 (ON WSIB)
• G. Nestor v Development Authority of the City of Edmonton, 2017 ABESDAB 10215 (CanLII)
• Watts v. Klaemt, 2007 BCSC 662 (CanLII)
• Roadhouse v. BC Hydro, 2019 BCHRT 175 (CanLII)
• The Attorney ûGeneral of Quebec v The Attorney General of Canada and others (Canada) [1932] UKPC 7 (9 February 1932)

The Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society has completed its internal review in the aftermath of the 2023 wildfire events in the Northwest Territories, including the evacuation of Yellowknife.  Most of the results of the review are of an internal nature and not for publication.

The Society maintains a VHF repeater system operating on the 2-metre band (and 70-cm band).  This system provides continuous radio communication for amateur radio operators in Yellowknife (VE8YK) and in Behchokǫ̀ (VE8RAE).  This includes continuous coverage along Highway 3 between the two communities.  There is also a range of about 40 km around Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀.  The Society maintained a 24/7 radio watch on the repeater system from about May until the evacuation order of August 16, 2023.  Those amateur radio operators remaining in Yellowknife continued to make use of the repeater system.  The repeater system also has an operational Internet Relay Linking Project (IRLP) node.  That was used at least once with a station calling from the United Kingdom.  The repeater system being used during the evacuation to obtain reports of the conditions on Highway 3, including smoke and traffic conditions.  The repeater system continued to operate throughout the evacuation.  See:  Society is Returning to Operation .

2024-02-21 10:16:00 - Yellowknife - There is a series of upcoming special callsigns that have been allocated by the Government of Canada (ISED) including anniversaries of the founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force, HMCS HAIDA, the RCMP, the Yukon and various educational institutions.  

A number of provincial callsigns have been registered for the month of April, such as VE7RCAF to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force.  This is a similar technique to how the 80th anniversary of the first operational sortie of the AVRO Lancaster bomber was carried out.  YARS participated in that and obtained the special callsign VE80LAN.  Only two operators participated in the VE80LAN project and only one QSO was achieved.  

We have been approached to register VE8RCAF and operate for the month of April 2024.  If there is interest in this, please contact the Executive through the contact features of this website: Chris Cameron (VE8WD) or Ian Rennie (VE8IR).  

• https://apc-cap.ic.gc.ca/pls/apc_anon/query_spev$special_events.querylist 
• https://rcaf2024arc.ca/ 
• https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/on/haida