Athlete training death forced major changes to Olympics track
He died just days before he was able to compete for his country. A track at the Winter Olympics was forced to undergo a major change after a 21-year-old athlete tragically died while training. Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died during a training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre in British Columbia, Canada when he lost […]
1 year ago
Paramedic sent to fatal crash didn’t realise it was her own daughter until her shift ended
Montana Erickson was so badly hurt her mum didn’t recognise her A paramedic dispatched to a fatal crash desperately tried to save a teenage victim who was so badly injured she didn’t realise it was her own daughter. The Canadian paramedic’s “worst nightmare” wasn’t realised until hours after she attended to her 17-year-old in her […]
3 years ago
Catholic Church ‘shocked’ at remains of 215 children under school but offer no apology
The Catholic Church said it was “shocked” by the discovery but offered no apology The remains of 215 Indigenous children were recently discovered on the grounds of a former Catholic-run residential school near Kamloops in southern British Columbia. The discovery of the remains was publicly announced last Thursday the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc people, following an […]
5 years ago