Two British Columbia residents are recovering after separate falls from cliffs on the south coast. A Nanaimo man tumbled nearly 20 metres late Wednesday afternoon when he lost his footing while working on a 60-metre-long staircase in the backyard of a home in the Vancouver Island city. In North Vancouver, a young woman suffered injuries to her back after slipping from rocks and falling awkwardly into the water while cliff jumping in Lynn Canyon Park. ( Dreamstime )Fire officials say the man broke his leg when he crashed onto a barely metre-wide landing, otherwise he would have plunged another 40 metres to the beach below. In North Vancouver, a young woman suffered injuries to her back after slipping from rocks and falling awkwardly into the water while cliff jumping in Lynn Canyon Park.

Source: thestar September 06, 2018 15:22 UTC