Friday, December 19, 2025
ADVT 
National

Names Released Of 2 Whistler Cyclists, 1 Passenger Killed In Weekend Sea-To-Sky Highway Crash

The Canadian Press, 01 Jun, 2015 07:07 PM
    PEMBERTON, B.C. — The British Columbia coroners service has identified three people who were killed on a highway near Whistler.
     
    Fifty-three-year-old Kelly Blunden and 50-year-old Ross Chafe were riding with a group along the Sea-to-Sky Highway when they were hit around noon on Sunday.
     
    The vehicle's sole passenger was 52-year-old Paul Pierre Jr., was also killed in the collision.
     
    RCMP say the driver was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Vancouver.
     
    Mounties say the driver appears to have been impaired, based on observations from witnesses and officers at the scene.
     
    No charges have been laid, and police say the investigation is ongoing.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Harper Congratulates Rachel Notley On Ndp's Albert Election Triumph

    Harper Congratulates Rachel Notley On Ndp's Albert Election Triumph
    OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sent his "sincerest congratulations" to Alberta premier-elect Rachel Notley following a stunning victory by her New Democrats in the Alberta election.

    Harper Congratulates Rachel Notley On Ndp's Albert Election Triumph

    Vancouver Girl, 13, Grabbed, Pulled Into Car, Escapes; Police Nab Male Suspect Who Exposed Himself

    Vancouver Girl, 13, Grabbed, Pulled Into Car, Escapes; Police Nab Male Suspect Who Exposed Himself
    Vancouver police say a 13-year-old girl who was grabbed by a man and forced into a car was able to flee when the suspect later stopped the vehicle and exposed himself.

    Vancouver Girl, 13, Grabbed, Pulled Into Car, Escapes; Police Nab Male Suspect Who Exposed Himself

    Police In Surrey And Vancouver, Seek Witnesses To Two Crashes, One That Killed Woman

    Police In Surrey And Vancouver, Seek Witnesses To Two Crashes, One That Killed Woman
    In Surrey, RCMP are looking for the driver involved in a hit and run that seriously injured a woman in her 60s.

    Police In Surrey And Vancouver, Seek Witnesses To Two Crashes, One That Killed Woman

    Appeal Court Orders New Trial For B.C. Man Found Guilty In Double Murder In Langley and Surrey

    Appeal Court Orders New Trial For B.C. Man Found Guilty In Double Murder In Langley and Surrey
    Robert Bradshaw was sentenced to life in prison on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Laura Lamoureux and Marc Bontkes, killed five days apart in Langley and Surrey, B.C., in 2009.

    Appeal Court Orders New Trial For B.C. Man Found Guilty In Double Murder In Langley and Surrey

    Few Would Escape Death Or Injury If Bombs Went Off At B.C. Legislature: Court

    Few Would Escape Death Or Injury If Bombs Went Off At B.C. Legislature: Court
    An RCMP explosives expert who built the fake explosives for accused terrorists John Nuttall and Amanda Korody painted a grim picture of what could have happened had they been real.

    Few Would Escape Death Or Injury If Bombs Went Off At B.C. Legislature: Court

    B.C. Man Sought After Alberta Homicide Of Man Whose Remains May Have Been Found

    B.C. Man Sought After Alberta Homicide Of Man Whose Remains May Have Been Found
    Mounties in Grande Prairie, Alta., say they are looking for Tommy Paul in connection with the death of Adrian Snider and have charged two other people accused in the crime.

    B.C. Man Sought After Alberta Homicide Of Man Whose Remains May Have Been Found