"Ice Jacking" led to gondola collapse; not without warning

Officials of the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, the site of a recent gondola tower failure, are attributing the cause of the accident to an extremely rare situation known as "ice-jacking."  "the tower...

Grab your Gear, Whistler Blackcomb Opens for the Winter Season Today

     Whistler Blackcomb represents everything that an avid boarder like myself could hope for. It has seemingly endless acreage, glaciers, a world renowned terrain park and on top of that a...

Today is "World Day against the Death Penalty"

Venezia - A City Against The Death PenaltyThe Guardian: World is moving towards banning death penalty... Strange Bedfellows - Reports of executions in 2007: China: 470+, Iran: 317+, Saudi Arabia: 143+, Pakistan:...

65 Trapped on Canada Gondola; Some Rescued - Yahoo! News

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - A ski gondola at Canada's famed Lake Louise resort malfunctioned on Sunday, trapping about 65 people on board for hours as darkness fell and temperatures dropped below freezing.

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