Snowshoer recovered from B.C. avalanche after being buried upside down for at least 15 minutes: rescue team
CTV
A B.C. snowshoer was rescued from an avalanche in Mount Seymour's backcountry over the weekend after being buried for several minutes.
A B.C. snowshoer was rescued from an avalanche in Mount Seymour's backcountry over the weekend after being buried for several minutes.
North Shore Rescue said it was called Sunday afternoon for its highest-priority call: Code Alpha, or avalanche with burial.
The rescue team said a pair of snowshoers were hiking Pump Peak when an avalanche hit the area, knocking one of the them off his feet.
"After the first snowshoer was able to dig himself out with his hands, his companion was nowhere to be seen, and his shouts were met with silence," a social media post shared by North Shore Rescue said, adding the man called 911 to speak to a search-and-rescue team.
"Thankfully, he was able to locate a snowshoe poking out of the snowpack, and from there, was able to uncover his companion who had been buried upside down."
NSR said the woman was "completely buried" for 15 to 20 minutes.
"She had a lower state of responsiveness, was cyanotic, and was quite hypothermic, but when she uncovered, was responsive," NSR's post said.
A miniature Christmas village made of decorative houses and buildings has been slowly growing in a Regina home.
With the number of homeless people in Saskatoon at an unprecedented high, it’s no surprise people are looking for places to warm up.
The next chapter of the Lemay Forest saga has unfolded as the sounds of trees coming down could be heard Monday.
The stormy weather in the forecast for B.C.'s South Coast is already disrupting many Christmas Day travel plans.
A break in, theft, and continued property damage has led to the boarding up of the Palace Theatre over the Christmas holidays.
Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after two deaths in Truro, N.S., over the weekend have been ruled homicides.
Calgary police shut down Glenmore Trail overnight following a crash between a car and a crane truck.
Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal has awarded members of an Indigenous family in North Bay $15,000 each after it ruled they were victims of discrimination.
A heavy snowfall has guaranteed much of Quebec a white Christmas, but it has also sent cars skidding off the province's roads during the busy holiday travel period.
For many of the women attending My Sister’s Place (MSP) in London, Ont. the holidays are a difficult time.
RCMP in New Brunswick are investigating after a business in Janeville was broken into and a number of items were stolen.