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CP NewsAlert: Police confirm three skiers killed in southeast B.C. avalanche

By The Canadian Press on March 2, 2023.

An avalanche hazard warning of "considerable" is shown near Mount Renshaw outside of McBride, B.C., on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

INVERMERE, B.C. – RCMP in southeastern British Columbia confirm three skiers have been killed in an avalanche Wednesday near Invermere, B.C.

Police say a total of 10 heli-skiers were caught by the avalanche and four are injured but expected to survive.

All of those involved, except the guide, were from other countries.

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