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Ticket sales begin for B.C.'s newest mountain coaster
June 19, 2021 - 11:00 AM

British Columbia's newest mountain coaster will be open for the summer season in just a few weeks.
Mountain coaster to be built at Cypress
September 22, 2020 - 1:03 PM

Move over Revelstoke, another B.C. ski resort will soon have a mountain coaster of its own.
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