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3/20/2010
The snowmobiler killed in Friday's huge avalanche at Eagle Pass near Revelstoke, B.C. has been identified as 29-year old Kelly Reitenbach of Calgary. The former Western Hockey League linesman spent seven years with the league before entering a career in the energy sector. W-H-L commissioner Ron Robison says "Kelly was highly respected among his peers both on and off the ice - a true leader and a man of exceptional character."
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3/19/2010
A huge avalanche has rolled over a group of snowmobilers near Revelstoke, B-C, killing one person and possibly burying a number of others. R-C-M-P say they'll be back searching the site tomorrow in the area of Eagle Pass Mountain to look for anyone who may be under the snow. Corporal Dan Moskaluk says they've learned there were two snowmobilers on a hillside when the slide happened, with a group or groups of people gathered at the bottom of the hill. While Moskaluk couldn't confirm there were people buried under the snow, he said they'll continue the search Saturday with the assumption that more people have been buried. Moskaluk says this latest slide was a category four avalanche, capable of mowing down buildings.
The latest slide happened not far from an avalanche on Boulder Mountain last weekend where two Alberta men were killed and 31 others were hurt. The slide sparked a massive search, but police were able to account for everyone.
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3/19/2010
One person has been killed and another injured in an avalanche west of Revelstoke, B.C. Police are trying to determine the size of the overall number of people involved in the slide at Eagle Pass, between Sicamous and Revelstoke.
Rescue teams have been sent into the area including helicopters and dogs. The slide hit a group of snowmobilers. It came a week after another slide near Revelstoke killed two Alberta man and injured 31 other people.
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3/19/2010
Two men from the Strathmore area are facing drugs and weapons charges after RCMP responded to a weapons complaint Thursday.
Police serached a home and an out-building, just east of the city, at Prairie View Place and uncovered a marijuana grow-op, cocaine, cash and numerous firearms.
One of the suspects is also facing a charge of assaulting a police officer.
Both men will appear in court Tuesday.
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3/19/2010
Sentencing has been delayed for Jonathan Hope and Lisa Guerin, the Calgary parents found guilty of failing to provide the necessities of life for their 16 month old daughter Summer.
She died in 2006 after accidentally swallowing her father's methadone.
Hope's lawyer made an application Friday to have his client's psychological testing completed first.
It wasn't finished during the trial because Hope was deemed to be too distraught and confused.
The judge will take until next Thursday to consider the request.
If he approves the application, Guerin's lawyer will ask for bail at that time.
If the application is denied, both Hope and Guerin will be sentenced next Thursday.
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3/19/2010
The man wanted on a warrant in relation to several anti-semitic graffitti incidents in Calgary, back in November, has been arrested in Winnipeg.
Earlier this week, Canada-wide warrants were issued for the 18 year old.
The graffiti targeted the jewish community, with slogans painted on the Calgary Jewish Centre and Holocaust Memorial in Pump Hill, and a youth centre in Woodbine.
The man was arrested without incident and is currently in custody in Winnipeg.
Calgary police are now arranging to pick him up and return him to our city.
The suspect's name is not being released because he was seventeen when the offences occured.
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3/19/2010
Three men in their early 20's face more than 40 charges in connection with a series of rural break and enters around Calgary.
Since October, more than 50 homes have been ransacked near Okotoks, Cochrane and Turner Valley.
"We started to see a pattern," said RCMP Sergeant Patrick Webb. "They were going into houses between 9am and 3pm, kicking in doors, and caused very significant destruction."
Property loss and damage is estimated at close to $1 million, including the theft of $400,000 worth of vehicles.
Webb says all the vehicles were eventually recovered but some were heavily damaged.
He adds homes with alarm systems weren't victimized because the suspects needed time to ransack the home.
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3/18/2010
Hundreds of people have had to find other accomodations after a three alarm fire demolished a multi story apartment building in Millrise Thursday afternoon.
The fire broke out over the noon hour and quickly spread from the roof area where it is believed to have originated.
At the peak of the blaze witnesses reported seeing flames shooting up to 30 metres in the air and thick black smoke billowing above the building.
Firefighting efforts were hampered by high winds.
No injuries were reported, however many residents expressed shock and disbelief with many saying they didn't have insurance.
Photos provided by: Steve Jones
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3/19/2010
It was almost as big as a fire hose.
Calgary firefighters responded to a call from an apartment in the 6700 block of Elbow Drive S.W. early Friday after a tenant found something slithering behind his television.
Tire crews captured an 8 foot long python.
No word how the snake got into the apartment or how long it had been there.
The snake has been taken to a 24 hour animal hospital.
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3/19/2010
In Alberta, consumer prices went up 1.0 per cent in February compared to February 2009.
Statistics Canada says major contributors to higher prices were the cost of traveller accommodation and gasoline.
In January, prices in Alberta rose by a more modest 0.3 per cent.
Nationally, the inflation rate in february dipped to 1.6 per cent from 1.9 per cent.
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