Parks Canada says ski guides not mandatory for schools

December 22, 2003
Source: Calgary Herald
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School and youth groups won't have to hire professional mountain guides for ski trips to avalanche-prone hills this winter, in a Parks Canada decision that is being called irresponsible by parents whose children died during a backcountry expedition in Rogers Pass earlier this year.

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