The B.C. government has denied a deer-hazing permit to the southeastern City of Kimberley, saying it won't permit the animals to be harassed by dogs.

Joel Conway, 38, was one of seven seasoned backcountry snowmobilers with appropriate survival gear on a run near Hellroaring Creek to remember Clayten Sean Smith, who died on March 25, 2009 while touring the area with four friends.

Search and rescue crews are looking for a snowmobiler who vanished near Hellroaring Creek