A man has been killed in a paragliding accident in the North Okanagan.
A statement from Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP say the 63-year-old victim was an experienced paraglider.
He had just taken off from a flight school near Lumby when police say he "suddenly and unexpectedly collided with the ground."
Mounties and the coroner are investigating.
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Adrian Dix says the $366.5-million construction project now starting at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake will increase the hospital's capacity and provide a modern working environment. Dix says the project will add 25 beds and a new emergency department, while expanding surgical, maternity, pharmacy and mental-health and substance-use treatment areas.
RCMP were called to the Foster Avenue and North Road area shortly before 9:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting on Sunday. When police arrived, they found Garcha with gunshot wounds.
A news release from the elections body says the party and six of its eight candidates in last year's municipal vote failed to meet the filing deadline for finance reports in January this year. The agency says the party's campaign finance report also disclosed violations, including an improper $50,000 loan and prohibited donations.
A statement from the detachment says officers were called to everything from robberies and attempted robberies to the torching of a vehicle -- possibly by a suspect already wanted on two other warrants.
Jack Rozdilsky, a professor at York University in Toronto, says OceanGate's business — ferrying paying passengers to the floor of the North Atlantic — could be compared to the immensely risky work of companies that launch space flights, drill for offshore oil, fight wildfires or operate nuclear power plants.