A woman was found dead on a Big White ski trail after becoming separated from her group on Saturday evening.
The 57-year-old woman was located in a wooded area by searchers, who immediately began CPR, however, the woman could not be resuscitated.
鈥淒espite the best efforts of everyone involved, the woman passed away. At this time, criminality is not suspected in her death,鈥� said Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy. 鈥淥ur thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of the victim during this difficult time.鈥�
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Both the RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are conducting investigations into the woman鈥檚 death.
Police have not confirmed the woman鈥檚 identity, but friends of the woman have identified her as 琉璃神社 nurse and grandmother Carrie Koski on social media, remembering her as a 鈥渉ard-working nurse鈥� and a 鈥渂eautiful human being.鈥�
I write this with a heavy heart, My grandmother, Carrie Koski passed January 2nd 2021. She was not just a grandmother,...
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Koski was also called a 鈥済reat warrior鈥� by the activism group Moms Stop the Harm.
MSTH has lost a great warrior. Carrie Koski died yesterday on Big White Mountain doing something she loved doing. We had...
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