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Snowmobiling
Avalanche warning issued for southeastern B.C. heading into long weekend
REVELSTOKE – Anyone planning to rip through snowy terrain in the backcountry over the holiday…
Stranded snowmobilers require rescue near Chase
CHASE – A father and son spent the night in a ravine near Chase on…
B.C. Interior backcountry searches end with multiple rescues
KELOWNA – This weekend was busy for search and rescue teams as snowmobilers, skiers and…
North Okanagan avalanche victim’s airbag didn’t deploy: Coroner
LANGUAGE ADVISORY NORTH OKANAGAN – The B.C. Coroners Service has finally released its findings into…
Lost snowmobiler found after surviving a cold night in the North Okanagan
NORTH OKANAGAN – A missing snowmobiler was found in a mountain range south east of…
Avalanche Canada issues backcountry warning ahead of long weekend
Skiers and snowmobilers are being urged to avoid the backcountry over the next several days…
North Okanagan snowmobile incident claims life of Lumby man
LUMBY – A Lumby man is dead following a snowmobiling accident in the North Okanagan…
Sun Peaks snow mobilers need to stay on designated trails or face fines say police
KAMLOOPS – After nearly a half dozen incidents of illegal snowmobile use in Sun Peaks,…
Snowmobilers on Mt. Baldy near Oliver a ‘huge safety issue’
Baldy Mountain Resort is again speaking out against snowmobilers who use the ski hill as…
Two Albertans fined for snowmobiling in protected mountain caribou area near Revelstoke
Two Alberta snowmobilers are $1,600 out of pocket having been caught by a B.C. Conservation…
Special avalanche warning issued for wide swath of B.C. Interior
Storm cycles across the province are leaving large swaths of B.C.'s mountain ranges at risk…
Trial set in 2018 snowmobile crash that killed mother and daughter near Golden
The family of a Florida woman who was killed along with her 11-year-old daughter in…
Salmon Arm teen who died in snowmobile accident identified
ENDERBY - The teen who died in a snowmobiling accident near Enderby over the weekend was Brandon Edward Oullette, 16, from Salmon Arm. According to a release from the B.C. Coroners Service, Oullette was snowmobiling with his father and others at Hunters Range, just north east of Enderby, around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 28 when his...
Snowmobile accident claims life of Salmon Arm teen
ENDERBY - A Salmon Arm teen is dead after a snowmobiling accident near Enderby. The 16-year-old Salmon Arm boy was snowmobiling with his father and others Dec. 28 in Hunters Range, but got separated from the group, RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. He wasn’t separated for long, but when his father tried to contact him...