BC Mudslide Victim Identified as Rugby Player Originally From Calgary

Steven Taylor, who moved to B.C. for work about a year ago, was one of the victims of last week’s mudslide on Highway 99. Supplied/Dean Hopkins

CALGARY—Last Monday, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend’s wife, saying her husband was missing.

That phone call kicked off several stress−filled days for Hopkins, which ended in tragedy when his old rugby buddy Steven Taylor was confirmed dead.