Jim Prentice Dead in Plane Crash

Always had mixed feelings about Prentice, which for a former federal cabinet minister is a fairly positive statement.

BREAKING: Former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice killed in BC plane crash | Globalnews.ca

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... Bill Yearwood with the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says the Cessna Citation jet departed Kelowna International Airport Thursday night. It disappeared off radar at 8,600 feet at 10:07 p.m. The Surrey Air Traffic Control Centre alerted the Kelowna RCMP and Lake Country RCMP detachments. The wreckage was found a few hours later northeast of Lake Country, north of Kelowna. “Our police officers and police dog reached the crash scene shortly after midnight, but unfortunately they were not able to locate any survivors,” Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, spokesperson for the RCMP in Southeast District said in a release. He added there was “catastrophic damage” at the site. ...

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