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Kelowna RCMP and WorkSafeBC run separate investigations

Kelowna RCMP and WorkSafeBC run separate investigations

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.

Kelowna RCMP and WorkSafeBC run separate investigations

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...

(ROB MUNRO / iNFOnews.ca) July 14, 2021 - 5:41 PM Workers at the Site C construction site near Fort St. John are feeling the pain suffered by the families of the five men killed when a construction crane collapsed in Kelowna on Monday. “It’s so sad and everyone feels it,” Jennie Gagnon, project administrator with Aecon-Flatiron-Dragados-EBCPartnership, said in an email to iNFOnews.ca. “Our safety department will try to get the families a little more help.” There are...

GoFundMe page has been set up to support his family with funeral and travel costs. “Cailen was a prince of a man, and our family is devastated by the loss of our beloved son, boyfriend, brother, nephew, and grandson. He lived life to the fullest and enjoyed spending as much time as possible with his family,” it reads. “Only 23, he had his whole life ahead of him and was getting ready to spend the rest of his life with the woman of his dreams.” One family member posted about his passing ...

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...