2 dead in avalanche near Columbia Icefields at Jasper National Park

Two people have died in an avalanche on an Alberta mountain near the Columbia Icefields. Steve Young, communications officer for Parks Canada, told CTV News Edmonton that a mountain-side avalanche occurred at Mount Andromeda. There is no information about how the avalanche started. No information about the victims has been released. Deborah Tetley, a communications officer with STARS, said a helicopter from Edmonton and two from Grande Prairie, Alta. were dispatched to the Columbia Icefield Disc