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The Torch will soon present its annual exhibition with over 400 First Nations artists alongside the opening of its new home.

Backcountry winter fun is booming on the west coast. Now avalanche safety is catching up Lindsay Bird © Submitted by Peter Thurlow The field team digs a snow profile in the Gros Morne backcountry to check on conditions. It was years ago, but Ryan Crocker still remembers the sensation of being swept up in an avalanche in Woody Point. "You dont realize the power of the snow, until it starts moving," said Crocker, who was a teenager at the time. "Once the snow picks up and start...