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The report says the road, a sometimes-narrow 76-kilometre industrial logging route that connects Port Alberni to Bamfield, was wide enough at the crash site for two vehicles to pass without contact. Emma Sydney MacIntosh Machado, of Winnipeg, and John Matthew Geerdes, of Iowa City, Iowa, died in the crash. The two students were seated beside one another when the coach bus rolled down an embankment. Several other students were injured. The chartered Wilson’s Transportation coach bus had been fitted with seatbelts, but their use by students was not enforced by the driver or school staff, the coroner’s report says.
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IMAGE: An adult hagfish in a container filled with sea water. New U of A research reveals unexpected similarities between the eyes of hagfish and those of other vertebrates including humans,. view more
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The answer to the age-old mystery of the evolutionary origins of vertebrate eyes may lie in hagfish, according to a new study by biologists at the University of Alberta. Hagfish eyes can help us understand the origins of human vision by expanding our understanding of the early steps in vertebrate eye evolution, explained lead author Emily Dong, who conducted the research during her graduate studies with Ted Allison, a professor in the Faculty of Science and member of the U of A s Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute. Our findings solidify the hagfish s place among vertebrates and open the door to further research to uncover the finer details of their visual system.
Safety improvements have started on Bamfield Main, which was targeted for upgrades after a bus carrying UVic biology students on a field trip crashed in 2019, killing two teenagers. Huu-ay-aht . . .