9 d. ago Alberta man, 50, dies in ultralight plane crash near Grande Prairie

The Transportation Safety Board said the 50-year-old man from Fox Creek and was pronounced dead at the scene near Grande Prairie on Thursday afternoon.

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2 w. ago Italian skier’s death prompts early safety debate before Milan

It’s usually not until December or January and after a series of tumbles, twisted knees, torn ACLs and worse that the debate over safety in World Cup skiing becomes an annual topic. Not this season. The death of Italian skier Matteo Franzoso this week following a crash in preseason training in Chile has resurfaced concerns […]

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2 w. ago Male riding scooter dies following crash in northeast London: Police

A male riding a scooter died following a collision with a vehicle Wednesday afternoon in a neighbourhood near Fanshawe College, London police say. The collision occurred at an intersection on Beckworth Avenue, northeast of the intersection of Sandford and Cheapside streets, at about 4:20 p.m., police said. The male operating the scooter suffered life-threatening injures […]

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2 w. ago Italian skier dies at 25 following a crash while training in Chile

Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died following a crash in preseason training in Chile, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced on Monday. He was 25. Franzoso suffered “a major head injury” on Saturday and was being treated at a hospital in Santiago. The federation, FISI, said it was informed by medical officials in Chile of […]

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2 w. ago Former Calgary Hitmen forward Orca Wiesblatt killed in car crash

Calgary’s hockey community is mourning a devastating loss. Orca Wiesblatt, 25, who played parts of four seasons with the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen, died in a car crash Sunday in British Columbia. “It is with great sadness that we mourn the tragic passing of former Calgary Hitmen player Orca Wiesblatt,” the Hitmen said in a statement […]

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3 w. ago RCMP say four passengers die in northern Manitoba plane crash

ST. THERESA POINT — RCMP say two men and two women who were from a northern Manitoba First Nation died in a plane crash in the province on Saturday. Police say the pilot suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive. Mounties say in a news release that their detachment in Island lake, Man., got […]

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