Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice among four people killed in plane crash near Kelowna

A plane carrying four people, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, crashed into a heavily wooded area near Kelowna on Thursday night (Oct. 13), killing everyone on board. Read more: Mirrors and miscalculations: Five Alberta election moments to remember

Transportation Safety Board spokesman Bill Yearwood told the Canadian Press that the aircraft with four people on board went down at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday after taking off from Kelowna on a flight to Springbank airport, outside Calgary. Prentice was Progressive Conservative premier of Alberta in 2014-15 and resigned immediately after losing the election to NDP leader Rachel Notley, who achieved a majority win after 44 years of Conservative rule. He served as MP for Calgary Centre-North from 2004 to 2010, with stints as industry minister, environment minister and minister of Indian affairs and northern development in Stephen Harper's cabinet. The Cessna Citation aircraft left Kelowna airport bound for the Calgary area, but crashed shortly after takeoff, approximately four kilometres north of Beaver Lake Road, east of Lake Country, stated RCMP spokesperson Cpl.
A plane crash near Kelowna, BC, kills Canadian politician and former Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice along with three others.