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Daniel Pritchett holds a photo of his son Kaylen Vilness, who died in a July 2021 construction crane collapse in Kelowna, British Columbia. (Tom

One year after five men were killed in a crane collapse on a construction site in Kelowna, B.C., police and workplace safety investigators are still combing through evidence about what happened and why.

Loved ones of victims killed by the crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C., in July are asking real estate company Mission Group to put its construction project on hold until WorkSafeBC completes its investigation into the cause of the incident.

Petition launched as two new cranes are assembled at worksite

Community opens its hearts, and wallets, to families of crane-collapse victims Kelownas generosity and compassion has overflowed in the wake of the crane collapse that killed five men Monday at a downtown highrise construction site. The GoFundMe campaigns for the families of brothers Eric and Patrick Stemmer, Jared Zook, Cailen Vilness and Brad Zawislak have all exceeded their goals within three days of being set up. The Stemmer brothers, Zook and Vilness were all construction workers at the al...

5th victim of Kelowna crane collapse identified All five people who died when a crane collapsed in downtown Kelowna on Monday have now been identified. Brad Zawislak was working at an office next door to the construction site when the crane crashed through the building and buried him in the rubble. His body was finally recovered on Wednesday morning. A GoFundMe has been created to support his wife, Helen Furuya, and their two daughters, Savannah and Zoe. It describes Zawislak as a beloved husba...

GoFundMe campaigns started for crane-collapse victims families (UPDATE: July 14 @ 8:05 am) - Family and friends have identified a fourth victim of Mondays crane collapse in downtown Kelowna. A GoFundMe has been created to support the family of Cailen Vilness, describing him as "a prince of a man." "He lived life to the fullest and enjoyed spending as much time as possible with his family," the fundraiser description said. "Only 23, he had his whole life ahead of him and was getting ready to spe...