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Kootenay Pass avalanche claims one Nelson man dies, woman transported to Trail hospital BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Local search and rescue teams responded to an emergency call Sunday afternoon after an avalanche in the Kootenay Pass area left one man dead and one woman injured. A 27-year old male from Nelson suffered severe injuries and passed away at the scene of the avalanche and the 27-year old woman, also from Nelson, is in Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital with serious injuries, according to a Monday news release by the Salmo RCMP detachment. The incident unfolded in the early “You have to afternoon when four be quite skilled skiers from Nelson trekked through to be in there a remote section because it is southwest from the Kootenay Pass backcountry touring in deep Summit and two were hit by a slide that powder and swept them over the cliff and into trees avalanches below. are a risk.” Six skiers who RON MEDLAND were nearby the slide began rescue efforts while the two remaining members of the group skied to the highway to call for help. “This is a popular ski area with nice powder, and the only access in is by foot,” said Ron Medland, from South Columbia Search and Rescue (SAR). “You have to be quite skilled to be in there because it is backcountry touring in deep powder and avalanches are a risk.” Medland confirmed that three members from his rescue team joined SAR members from Castlegar, Nelson and Rossland to ski about three kilometres into the rescue area after the two skiers were initially located by helicopter. “Across the parking lot (summit) there is an old logging road that goes south through a couple of switchbacks and leads to a ridge called the Lightning Strike,” he explained. “Below that is a couple of lakes called Twin Lakes,” said Medland. “This is high skill stuff. Our teams skied in and rescued the one person and brought (her) out about 12:30 a.m. to a waiting ambulance.” Rescue teams considered staying with the deceased male until morning, however an onsite avalanche technician said the risk of further See AVALANCHE, Page 3
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Leadership students Kyla Mears, Madeline Tuai, Gina and Kate Oostlander and Andrea Bedin have a number of activities up their sleeves for this Wednesday's anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day at J. L. Crowe Secondary School. Among them, the team of Grade 10 and 11 girls will be writing inspirational messages on sticky notes that will be pasted throughout the hallways.
Anti-bullying efforts working: survey BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
J. L. Crowe Secondary students could be wearing pink shirts every day, if recent Grade 8 results to an anti-bullying survey is any indication. A national statistic on stopabully.ca finds that 12 per cent of students report an incident per week, but student counsellor Loretta Jones says the amount of bullying at the Trail high school is generally much lower. But that doesn’t mean students and teachers are sitting idle as the problem persists in other schools across the country. Leadership Grade 11 students Andrea Bedin and Madeline Tuai along with Grade 10 students Kate and Gina Oostlander and Kyla Mears have planned a number of activities for this Wednesday’s Pink Shirt Day. The team will be posting inspirational messages on sticky notes throughout
Have you been bullied this term at Crowe – never, once/twice, sometimes, often? Verbal Never – 72.5 per cent Once or twice – 23.3 per cent Social Never – 76.7 per cent Once/twice – 19.8 per cent Physical Never – 89 per cent Once/twice – 8.7 per cent Electronic Never – 90.7 per cent Once/twice – 7.6 per cent the school, greeting their classmates as they enter the building, handing out “Fearlessly Crowe” bracelets and asking teens to sign their name to a paper hand, which will later be part of giant “ERASE” (Expect Respect and A Safe Education) collage. They’ll also be
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selling pink-inspired cupcakes during lunch hour, with proceeds going to two youth-empowering summits planned for this spring. Though sporting pink this Wednesday is a nice gesture to symbolize that society will not tolerate bullying anywhere, the school’s work to erase it starts early on. Discussion on healthy relationships start when the incoming Grade 8 class completes a survey for the provincial program ERASE, a comprehensive prevention and intervention strategy, and every two years when Crowe’s entire student population completes a Safe at School Survey. The focus really started last year and amped up this fall and into December, when students often rolled their eyes at yet another anti-bullying activity. “I think we have a great reputation for the most part,” said Jones. See PINK, Page 3
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