Sonia Sunger, ctvedmonton.ca The family and friends of a local man who was killed in an avalanche almost a year ago say their hearts sank when they heard about this weekend’s tragedy in Revelstoke, B.C. “I feel horrible for everybody involved,” said Sherry Waldroff, who lost her father in an...
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Former Manitoban Killed In B.C. Avalanche Identified
A former Manitoban has been killed and an Alberta man badly injured in an avalanche in British Columbia’s southern interior. The RCMP said the slide occurred Monday as four people were snowmobiling on Queest Mountain near Sicamous, about 500 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Family members in southwestern Manitoba identified the...
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Avalanche Kills Snowmobile Rider from La Pine
An avalanche near Paulina lake claims the life of a snowmobile rider from La Pine. Wesley Amos, a twenty eight year old from La Pine, was riding in an area known as “Roller Coaster” when a two hundred yard wide avalanche swept down the slope. Witnesses, feared Amos had been...
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Survivors struggle with aftermath of B.C. avalanche that killed eight snowmobilers
SPARWOOD, B.C. — Jeff Adams’ tormented mission drove him again and again to the mountain ridge that spewed deadly waves of snow last December. The deep drifts took months to melt, each time revealing more reminders of the Dec. 28, 2008 avalanches that killed eight of his friends — part...
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Payette man dies in Valley County avalanche
The avalanche occurred about 1:41 p.m. Thursday on West Mountain near Cascade. Joel Barrie, 24, along with several others was riding a snowmobile near Rock Lake when he was caught in an avalanche that buried him and another rider. The other rider was located and dug out within a few...
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