Al Raine, first and only mayor of Sun Peaks, B.C., dead at 83 after battle with ALS [Video]

Al Raine, who served as the mayor of Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality for 14 years, died Saturday at age 83, one day after resigning from his position.

In a statement, the municipality said Raine died peacefully, surrounded by family.

In May, Raine announced he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which causes progressive paralysis, as the brain is no longer able to communicate with muscles. ALS has no known cure.

Raine leaves behind his wife, former Canadian senator and Olympic alpine skier Nancy Greene Raine, and their two children, Charley and Willy.

Raine was the first, and to date the only, mayor of Sun Peaks, since the community became a municipality in 2010. 

He wrote a letter to the community upon his resignation, which the municipality shared Saturday as part of its release.

It reads, in part: “My ALS combined with adult-onset asthma has made breathing more …