Snowmobilers who endanger the lives of others may see their sleds seized by authorities, under legislation proposed by B.C. Tourism Minister Kevin Krueger. The legislation would attempt to prevent tragedies such as the one near Revelstoke on March 13, when two Alberta men died in an avalanche believed to have...
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B.C. considers new snowmobile rules
The B.C. government is pledging to create legislation specifically targeting problem snowmobilers who put themselves and others at risk in the province’s backcountry. The comments from Tourism Minister Kevin Krueger come after another deadly season in B.C.’s mountains, which saw three men killed in avalanches triggered by high-marking — a...
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Missing Nunavik teen's snowmobile found
Snowmobilers in Puvirnituq, Que., have found a snowmobile that’s believed to have belonged to an 18-year-old boy who went missing more than four months ago. Jimmy Alashoak was last seen Dec. 14, when he left by snowmobile to join his father at a hunting camp about 80 kilometres away from...
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Deceased Male Found
On April 12th 2010, the Superior East OPP, OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, OPP helicopter and 2 MNR boats returned to the scene on Manitowik Lake to continue the search for 46 year old, Daniel Boisseneau of Hawk Junction who went missing on December 10th 2009 while driving a...
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Trails to get smoother for Pine Falls-area sledders
Snowmobilers in North Eastman will benefit from better and safer trails next year, after the Victoria Beach Snowdrifters Club received the final installment of a $16,200 federal cash injection for snowmobile trail maintenance. The money was given out in a series of installments to the club, which maintains their snowmobile...
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Alberta snowmobiler warned 'not to go' because of B.C. avalanche risk
What was supposed to be a weeklong spring snowmobiling trip in the Bugaboos turned deadly for a Crossfield man. Mark Daniels, 41, set out Friday with a group of three friends for adventure in the southeast corner of British Columbia during considerable avalanche conditions. On Monday, Daniels was highmarking, triggering...
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Snowmobile passenger dies
LONGLAC, Ont. — A northern Ontario man is dead after the snowmobile on which he was a passenger plunged through thin ice. Provincial police officers recovered the body of Lucien Dubeault, 48, on Sunday from Upper Jobrin Lake. Police say the Cochrane, Ont., man was among a party of three...
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Victim of fatal snowmobile crash identified
MARKLEEVILLE, Calif.—A Bay Area man has been identified by the Alpine County Sheriff’s Department as the victim of a fatal snowmobile accident. Oakley resident Kevin Robert Rudnicki died in a single-vehicle crash at about 12:40 a.m. on Thursday. He was 43 years old. The cause of the crash which occurred...
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2 die as avalanche hits snowmobile rally in Canada
Reporting from Seattle — At least two people were killed and 30 injured after a massive avalanche smothered a high-risk snowmobile rally in southern British Columbia, police said Sunday. “It’s certainly a small miracle that we didn’t end up with a complete, massive group buried under the snow,” said Cpl....
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Body recovered after snowmobile groomer mishap
Police have recovered the body of a 67-year-old man after his snowmobile trail groomer crashed through the ice of a lake in the Lanaudière region of Quebec Thursday afternoon. The man’s body was found by provincial police divers Friday, one day after police said the groomer went though the ice...
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