March 29, 2024

Recovery efforts will continue at Johnsons Landing

Recovery efforts at the site of the Johnsons Landing mudslide will resume. Using heavy excavation machinery, crews will spend another two days working in the area of the Webber family home. The bodies of 60-year-old Valentine Webber and his 22-year-old daughter Diana were recovered near that home last week. Officials believe they may be able to … [Read more...]

Johnsons Landing residents allowed back home for first time since slide

Some residents in Johnsons Landing are being allowed back home for the first time after a deadly mudslide tore through the tiny Kootenay village ten days ago. Regional officials say parts of two out of 16 properties have been removed from an evacuation order. "With each new piece of information we get from the geotechnical experts, we can re-assess … [Read more...]

Inquest may be held into Johnsons Landing mudslide

We should know soon if more bodies can be recovered from the scene of Thursday's deadly landslide at Johnsons Landing near Kaslo. Barb McLintock with the BC Coroner's Service also says an inquest may be held to determine if something could have been done to prevent this tragedy. "If through that, there might be any ways --lessons that we could … [Read more...]

Search continues in Johnson’s Landing

The search has once again been called off for night in Johnson's Landing, as crews search for four missing people, unaccounted for a after a massive landslide.After a series of smaller landslides made the site too dangerous to continue Friday morning, the search is now back on.Bill Macpherson with the Central Kootenay Regional District says crews … [Read more...]