Helicopter Crash in Canada Claims 3 Lives

A tourism company stated that at least three people were killed in a helicopter crash that was carrying a group of skiing enthusiasts during an outing in British Columbia, Canada. The helicopter went down yesterday (Monday) near Terrace, a town with a population of about 12,000 in the western central part of British Columbia, close to the U.S. state of Alaska, according to a local report. The province's health emergency services separately reported that four people were injured in the incident and were treated by paramedics on-site before being transported to Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace in critical condition. A spokesperson for the tourism company said they did not know how many passengers and crew members were on board the helicopter at the time of the crash or whether anyone was missing after the incident. There have been no official reports about the cause or circumstances surrounding the crash.