City councillor from Lethbridge killed in avalanche while snowboarding
Posted Feb 17, 2014 1:48 pm.
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WATERTON, Alta. – A city councillor from southern Alberta has died in an avalanche while snowboarding.
Wade Galloway, who was 37, was killed Saturday at Waterton Lakes National Park near the United States border.
The City of Lethbridge says in a statement that the first-term councillor had been with a friend when a wave of snow slid down a mountain.
The friend tried to resuscitate Galloway before going for help.
Searchers have not been able to recover his body because of bad weather and blowing snow.
Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman said the circumstances in which Galloway died were especially tragic.
“He was an advocate for things like back country safety and avalanche recovery,” recalls Spearman. “He was a fundraiser for avalanche recovery.”
Spearman added Tuesday’s council meeting has been postponed, because there was nothing on the agenda as important as this.
“Today I was shocked and saddened to learn that Coun. Galloway past away and the tragic circumstances under which he did, you know it’s a tragedy for his family,” Spearman said.
Galloway, a married father of two children, was elected to Lethbridge city council last fall.
