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Five survive chopper crash in mountains

Rescue teams in Alberta are working to bring five people off a mountain after their helicopter crashed.

CANMORE — Rescue teams in Alberta are working to bring five people off a mountain after their helicopter crashed.

Police say the chopper went down about 1 p.m. on Grotto Mountain, a peak alongside the Rocky Mountain community of Canmore west of Calgary.

All five occupants of the helicopter were found alive later that afternoon.

The medical condition of the five occupants is not currently known.