News Items tag as: Crane Collapse

City and developer ensure $310,000 Kelowna crane collapse memorial goes ahead
July 11, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Tomorrow is the third anniversary of the crane tower collapse that killed five people in downtown Kelowna, and the money for their memorial has been secured.
WorkSafeBC refuses to release Kelowna crane collapse report but still making changes
February 22, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Even though the RCMP has finally wrapped up its investigation into the 2021 fatal Kelowna crane collapse, WorkSafeBC won’t release its own report on the tragedy.
Grieving father of worker killed in Kelowna crane collapse calls for immediate action
February 22, 2024 - 6:00 AM

As far as Chris Vilnes is concerned, new rules are needed now not later to make workers safer on tower cranes, like the one that collapsed in the summer of 2021 in downtown Kelowna, killing his son Cailen and four others.
UPDATE: Criminal negligence charges being considered in fatal Kelowna crane collapse
February 20, 2024 - 12:05 PM

More than two years after a tower crane collapse in downtown Kelowna killed five worker, RCMP are asking for charges to be laid.
Enough money raised for Kelowna crane collapse memorial to proceed
October 31, 2023 - 2:56 PM

Plans to build a memorial to the five men who died in a 2021 Kelowna tower crane collapse are moving ahead.
Kelowna building construction stalled by injunction over crane fears
August 10, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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It has been more than two years since a tower crane collapsed in downtown Kelowna, killing five men, but its shadow is now looming over another major development.
Slow start to fundraising drive for Kelowna crane victims memorial
July 13, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Two days after a tower crane collapsed in Kelowna killing five men on July 12, 2021, almost $200,000 was donated on GoFundMe sites to help their grieving families.
Three widows suing manufacturer in Kelowna crane collapse
July 12, 2023 - 7:00 PM

The wives of three construction workers killed when a crane collapsed in Kelowna two years ago are suing the manufacturer.
Two years and still no answers in deadly Kelowna crane collapse
July 12, 2023 - 11:00 AM

Plans for a memorial honouring five men who died on two years ago today when a crane collapsed in downtown Kelowna were released at a special commemoration today.
'Dangerous defect': Construction firm in deadly Kelowna crane collapse suing manufacturer
July 11, 2023 - 4:30 PM

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News Items tag as: Crane Collapse

City and developer ensure $310,000 Kelowna crane collapse memorial goes ahead

WorkSafeBC refuses to release Kelowna crane collapse report but still making changes

Grieving father of worker killed in Kelowna crane collapse calls for immediate action

UPDATE: Criminal negligence charges being considered in fatal Kelowna crane collapse

Enough money raised for Kelowna crane collapse memorial to proceed

Kelowna building construction stalled by injunction over crane fears

Slow start to fundraising drive for Kelowna crane victims memorial

Three widows suing manufacturer in Kelowna crane collapse

Two years and still no answers in deadly Kelowna crane collapse

'Dangerous defect': Construction firm in deadly Kelowna crane collapse suing manufacturer

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