The sun is here. Well, at least it was the afternoon I wrote this. Watching the World Cup in sun-drenched South Africa makes it certainly feel like it should be summer in BC. Whenever I see those golden rays, I want to run like a gazelle outside and do pretty much anything active I can. And being an immature guy in some respect, I feel I can relate to many people half my age who are thinking the same thing. Continue Reading…
Talking about hurting yourself due to a nasty fall is like talking about taxes: they’re inevitable, and no one really wants to dwell on them. Most falls are the “I can’t believe I’m falling” kind where you’re up on your feet almost as soon you meet the ground. But falling can be a painful business, particularly for the very young or old. Continue Reading…
ATV tragedy: The 18-year-old might have lived if he’d listened to mom
BY CASSIDY OLIVIER
STAFF REPORTER
From the day he brought it home, Kimberly Knapp knew her son Levi’s high-powered racing all-terrain vehicle would lead to nothing but trouble.
The Burns Lake mother says she did everything she could think of to discourage Levi, 18, from taking the ATV — too fast and too powerful — out into the backcountry around their home.
“I was sick every time he got that machine going,” she recalls. “He should never have had it.”
Sometimes, she says, she’d hide the jerry can of gas. At other times, she’d hide the keys. And always, she’d offer stern words of reproach, at times going so far as to suggest riding it would lead to serious injury or even worse.
Be careful, she’d say. Take it easy out there. Be safe. To which the lively, determined teen would reply: Yeah, mom, everything’s going to be OK. Stop worrying.
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