ctvwinnipeg.ca A 46-year-old man from The Pas died after a snowmobile crash on Tuesday morning, said RCMP. Police are continuing to investigate but said alcohol is believed to be a factor in the collision. Officers and emergency crews in The Pas were called around 11 a.m. to the crash at...
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Man recalls surviving 48 hours in B.C. winter wilderness
VANCOUVER — As the fog rolled in and the sun started to set, Burnaby, B.C. resident Carl Mulherin knew he had a cold, lonely night ahead of him in Pemberton B.C.’s snowy backcountry. Separated from his three friends after a day snowmobiling on Top of the World glacier, the 33-year-old...
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Snowmobilers ready to heed nature’s warning signs
Nathan Vanderklippe REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Tuesday’s Globe The cultural gap between snowmobilers and avalanche professionals may be partly to blame for low levels of safety training in the fast-growing sledding community. Those who work in avalanche awareness and forecasting overwhelmingly come from the skiing community, and though they have made...
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Two Men Die in Separate Weekend Accidents
A 63 year old man was killed in a snowmobile accident early Saturday morning near Jonathan’s Pond in Central Newfoundland. RCMP Sergeant Wayne Newell says the snowmobile struck some kind of obstruction on a trail, and the victim was thrown from the machine. A 44-year-old man who was also on the snowmobile remains in hospital in serious condition. A man died...
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Police investigate snowmobile death
GANDER, N.L. – RCMP investigating a fatal snowmobiling accident in central Newfoundland said it’s believed the driver hit an embankment, causing the machine to go airborne. The driver, a 63-year-old man, was killed in the incident Saturday in a remote wooded area near Gander known as Jonathan’s Pond. Sgt. Wayne...
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Snowmobiling accident kills one
GANDER, N.L. (CP) — Police in central Newfoundland are investigating a fatal snowmobiling accident in the remote woods near Gander early Saturday. A 63-year-old Gander man was pronounced dead at the scene. A 44-year-old man, who was a passenger on the snowmobile, was sent to hospital with serious injuries. No...
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Family and friends of avalanche victim share in grief
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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Man dies from injuries in snowmobile crash
White Fox, Sask., is about 13 kilometres north of Nipawin. (CBC) A 33-year-old man who was injured in a snowmobile crash has died in hospital, RCMP reported Friday. The collision took place about 1.6 kilometres south of the town of White Fox, Sask., a community northeast of Prince Albert. The...
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Snowmobile thief still at large
SOMBA K’E/YELLOWKNIFE – Police are still searching for a man who drove off on a city-owned snowmobile after tackling and knocking down the bylaw officer who stopped him at the end of a chase on Saturday. A bylaw officer and tow truck driver stand near the snowmobile that was abandoned...
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Three men face criminal charges in fox death
Charlottetown Police Services have identified and charged three men in relation to the death of a fox on the northern outskirts of the city last month. The three men are charged under Section 445 (1) of the Criminal Code of Canada — willfully causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. The...
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