Family rescued after tubing accident pushes them against fallen trees in West Kootenay river
Katelyn Olson from Trail, B.C., is thanking Darrell Kube and his family of Grand Forks for rescuing her family from the fast-moving water under fallen trees in the Kettle River.
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Cailen Vilness s father, Chris Vilness, says he received a call from his ex-wife around 12.30 p.m. Monday, who told him there had been an industrial accident where Cailen worked. Vilness said he immediately flew to the Okanagan from Kitimat in northwestern B.C.
Vilness said he felt something serious might have happened when Cailen didn t answer his phone after the incident.
Cailen â who had worked on the crane for a year â died on his first day back to work after returning from a trip to visit family in Kitimat, where he grew up. He has had a bit of experience assembling that crane, Vilness told CBC s Dominika Lirette. Unfortunately, that was his first day back ⦠made a half of a shift and then was tragically killed.
Okanagan hiker braved heat, deluge and lightning before airlift from northern B.C. trail
Erin Creagh from Summerland, B.C., began hiking in the Mount Robson Provincial Park near the Alberta border with her husband on June 28, two days before B.C. Parks officials warned of flooding as a result of melted glacier amid the heat wave.
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More domestic flights returning to Okanagan with B.C. again welcoming Canadian travellers
Kelowna International Airport director Sam Samaddar says it may take years for international business travellers coming back to Kelowna, B.C., because businesses are still recovering and don t want to risk employees safety by sending them overseas.
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