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Local man third cliff diving victim in B.C. BRIAN KIERAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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Smoke spews out of the Wolf River Valley in Strathcona Park. The fire is being allowed to run its course as a natural factor.
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A forest fire burning in Strathcona Park is growing. The Wolf River fire, started by a lightning strike on Aug. 18, has grown to between 150 and 200 hectares in size due to strong winds last weekend. When it first ignited, the fire
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occupied just two hectares. Despite the growth, the Coastal Fire Centre says the fire will not be put out, but rather allowed to continue burning. “This is called a modified response fire,” said Marg Drysdale, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre. “BC Parks is comfortable with allowing it to continue burning to clean out the debris and help the things
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that need heat to grow. It’s good for growth in the forest.” It’s also not posing any real danger. “There is no threat to values, there is no threat to infrastructure, and there is no threat to humans,” Drysdale said. “It’s actually an environmentally-sound thing to allow the fire to continue.” Continued on A3
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A spate of cliff diving deaths continued last week with the BC Coroners Service confirming that a Quadra Island man was killed Sept. 4 while diving near a waterfall on West Redonda Island. A “significant increase” in the number of recreational drowning incidents this summer has prompted Coroner Barb McLintock to reiterate the need for “greater caution around the province’s lakes, rivers and ocean coastline.” The West Redonda victim has been identified as Jason John Norman Grandberg, 34, from Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island. Grandberg and family members had sailed from their home on Quadra Island to Teakerne Arm on West Redonda Island on the afternoon of Sept. 4. In the evening, he attempted a cliff dive from the rocks near Cassel Falls. Grandberg did not surface and rescue attempts at the time were unsuccessful. His body was recovered by an RCMP dive team Sept. 6. The BC Coroners Service is continuing to investigate this death. Continued on A3
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