COVID-19 restrictions, according to the province.Data released Saturday showed the province’s 79 teams were deployed 1,959 times between April 2020 and April 2021, a jump of 25 per cent compared to previous years.Ahead of the season, B.C.’s teams got an average of 1,500 call-outs per year, still more than the rest of Canada combined.
One dead, two injured in avalanche near Blackcomb Glacier Despite the best efforts of rescue teams, there were still 10 fatal avalanches in B.C.