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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 Kelowna's 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 almost-complete 25-storey Brooklyn condominium highrise at the corner of Bernard Avenue and St. Paul ...