'Dangerous avalanches are likely': Avalanche Canada issues advisory

Officials have issued an advisory about an extreme avalanche risk in a large region of the B.C. Interior and Canadian Rockies that's expected to create "dangerous" conditions. Avalanche Canada called a special public avalanche warning (SPAW) on Wednesday for most of B.C.'s Columbia Mountains, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks as well as the Northern Rockies. "The SPAW extends from the southern boundaries of the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy and Kokanee and Valhalla Provincial Parks to