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B.C. hang-glider pilot pleads guilty in woman's death
February 07, 2014 - 10:09 AM

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A former hang-glider pilot whose passenger fell 300 metres to her death during a flight over B.C.'s Fraser Valley has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death.
Paragliding jump goes wrong off Squamish, B.C., seriously injuring man
August 29, 2019 - 2:30 PM

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A paraglider who jumped from the 700-metre high Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C., has been rescued from a log boom in nearby Howe Sound.
Seventy-year-old paraglider missing in Fraser Valley found safe: police
May 29, 2017 - 2:54 PM

AGASSIZ, B.C. - A missing paraglider has been found safe after searchers scoured a mountainside near Bridal Falls, B.C.
Surrey, B.C., man accused of running terrorist training camp seeks PM's help
June 02, 2016 - 5:49 AM

VANCOUVER - A man accused in a media report of training Sikh terrorists at a training camp in British Columbia has written to the prime minister asking for help to clear his name.
40-year-old man killed in speed-flying accident near Squamish, B.C.
July 27, 2015 - 4:44 PM

VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says a 40-year-old man has died in a "speed-flying" accident.
Terror, conscious pain suffered prior to B.C. hang-gliding death prompts lawsuit
April 30, 2014 - 10:49 AM

VANCOUVER - The parents of a young woman killed in a hang-gliding accident in B.C.'s Fraser Valley have filed a civil lawsuit against the pilot, his partner and several groups associated with the popular sport.
Lake Windermere a major draw for visitors to Invermere, B.C.
March 11, 2013 - 2:00 AM

INVERMERE, B.C. - Winter, spring, summer or fall there's one main attraction that keeps visitors coming back to the B.C. resort town of Invermere.
Mounties examine memory card related to woman's hang-gliding death
August 23, 2012 - 4:21 PM

AGASSIZ, B.C. - Mounties have now viewed the contents of a memory card thought to be related to a deadly hang-gliding mishap in British Columbia's Fraser Valley last April.
Human error, not equipment failure, behind B.C. hang-gliding death, group says
August 22, 2012 - 10:25 PM

VANCOUVER - Canada's national hang-gliding association says pilot error not equipment failure led to the death of a 27-year-old woman in British Columbia's Fraser Valley this spring.
Seattle man dies while paragliding in British Columbia
August 08, 2012 - 10:08 PM

VICTORIA - A coroner's office says a 55-year-old Seattle man is dead after a British Columbia paragliding accident.
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B.C. hang-glider pilot pleads guilty in woman's death

Paragliding jump goes wrong off Squamish, B.C., seriously injuring man

Seventy-year-old paraglider missing in Fraser Valley found safe: police

Surrey, B.C., man accused of running terrorist training camp seeks PM's help

40-year-old man killed in speed-flying accident near Squamish, B.C.

Terror, conscious pain suffered prior to B.C. hang-gliding death prompts lawsuit

Lake Windermere a major draw for visitors to Invermere, B.C.

Mounties examine memory card related to woman's hang-gliding death

Human error, not equipment failure, behind B.C. hang-gliding death, group says

Seattle man dies while paragliding in British Columbia

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