WHISTLER, B.C. - Two more thrill-seekers lured by the pristine mountain snow of Canada's westernmost province have been killed in two separate but equally deadly avalanches on the perilous backcountry slopes of British Columbia.

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - STRATHMORE MINERALS CORP. announces that it has terminated the Juniper Ridge LLC, Wyoming, Joint Venture Agreement with Yellowcake Mining Inc. Yellowcake has advised the Company that due to the continued deterioration in existing market conditions, it is not able to comply with the terms of the agreement.

Western Canadian Coal Corp announces that it has entered into an agreement dated December 31, 2008, pursuant to which Western will make available a loan facility on a secured basis of up to US$36 million to Cambrian Investment Holdings Limited , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cambrian Mining Plc , the Company's major shareholder.

Two more thrill-seekers lured by the pristine mountain snow of Canada

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - STRATHMORE MINERALS CORP. announces that it has terminated the Juniper Ridge LLC, Wyoming, Joint Venture Agreement with Yellowcake Mining Inc. Yellowcake has advised the Company that due to the continued deterioration in existing market conditions, it is not able to comply with the terms of the agreement.

Associated Press FERNIE, British Columbia

     SPARWOOD, British Columbia (AP) - Battered by avalanche after avalanche, Jeff Adams and two of his snowmobiling friends were forced to make a gut-wrenching decision: go for help or stay behind, gearless and gloveless, to dig for their eight buddies as the surrounding slopes threatened to unleash even more fury.       Wiping back tears and rubbing his nose with the sleeve of his jacket, ...

One of three survivors of a pair of avalanches in southeastern British Columbia that killed eight men says that, after the first slide came down, they had to make a

NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - International Millennium Mining Corp. announces that it has arranged a private placement of 1,700,000 flow-through units. Each unit is comprised of one flow-through common share and one non-flow-through, non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase an additional share at $0.10 per share for a period of two years from the date of ...

Associated Press - December 30, 2008 3:45 PM ET FERNIE, British Columbia (AP) - The eighth body has been recovered from an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia near Fernie.