US EditionThree B.C. avalanche victims identified as snow sport industry veterans
- This winter has been difficult for the Kootenay-Boundary Region, with avalanches claiming five lives over one month.
- Three heli-skiers died in a naturally triggered avalanche on March 24, with a fourth critically injured.
- Leslie Crawley from Avalanche Canada emphasized the importance of avalanche safety training and weather forecasts.
- Crawley advised against entering avalanche terrain when danger is rated High or Very High .
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Ex-snowboard ace dead! His wife was a first aider
Avalanche drama in Canada! Former professional snowboarder Jeff Keenan died after he was swallowed up by the snow masses. He was only 44 years old. His wife Leanne Pelosi couldn't save him anymore. "My heart feels crushed. My tears don't want to stop. My world is broken forever," Pelosi writes on Instagram on Thursday next to a photo with her lover from happy days. The ex-snowboarder was not far away in the tragic accident. Together they were on…
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Le Journal de Quebec"Certainly difficult to survive": the wife of a Canadian planchist killed in an avalanche pays tribute to her
The partner of one of the planchists who died on Monday in an avalanche in British Columbia paid tribute to him in a poignant publication.
Coast Mountain News
Peninsula News ReviewKaslo Hotel owner, Whistler snowboarder among Kootenay avalanche fatalities
Kaslo's Jason Remple was killed as well as Jeff Keenan and Alex Pashley
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