Teen dies following avalanche at Nakiska ski hill
A 15-year-old Calgary youth has died following an avalanche at Nakiska ski hill on Friday.
Cochrane RCMP received a call at 12:49 p.m. on Feb. 27 reporting an avalanche that had buried two skiers. One was able to escape the snow, but the second was not initially located.
Multiple emergency resources were deployed to the scene. The second skier was located unresponsive and taken by EMS to a Calgary hospital, where he died early Saturday morning.
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Teen dies following avalanche at Nakiska ski hill
A 15-year-old Calgary youth has died following an avalanche at Nakiska ski hill on Friday.
Cochrane RCMP received a call at 12:49 p.m. on Feb. 27 reporting an avalanche that had buried two skiers. One was able to escape the snow, but the second was not initially located.
Multiple emergency resources were deployed to the scene. The second skier was located unresponsive and taken by EMS to a Calgary hospital, where he died early Saturday morning.
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- How to protect farm fuel and equipment from theft this harvest
- Tough night for Flundra and Thomson in CFR round two
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