Rescuers were lowered from a helicopter to carry out an injured snowshoer who slid about 100 metres down an icy mountain slope on Vancouver Island on Saturday. Alberni Valley Rescue Squad said the ...

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They were all called off shortly before midnight. The U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate down from 6.9, adding that "there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake" for the United States.