VANCOUVER, B.C. - Justin Trudeau lost his brother to a B.C. back-country avalanche, but the son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau says he opposes anything that impinges on Canadians' ability to enjoy their country's wild spaces.

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - It was nothing short of a miracle that dozens of snowmobilers escaped what could have been a cold mass grave when they were knocked flat by a tumbling torrent of snow in southwestern B.C