Search and Rescue

Rona Tepper and Kristen Gribble are among six women who are active RCMSAR5 Crescent Beach crew members, out of a total 28. Tenures of the women range from eight months to 7.5 years. (Contributed photo)

PHOTOS: Number of women on South Surrey marine-rescue team ‘a bit of anomaly’

More than one-fifth of active RCMSAR5 Crescent Beach crew members are women

 

Sledders at Greystokes on Monday, March 13. (COSAR)

‘Sledders did everything right’: Injured snowmobiler rescued from Okanagan backcountry

COSAR helped to bring an injured snowmobiler to safety

 

VSAR made an emergency rescue early Sunday morning to retrieve a lost snowmobiler. (VSAR Facebook)

Vernon search and rescue save snowmobiler

The lost sledder was found around 2 a.m. on Saturday

 

Golden and District Search and Rescue photo from Alpine Helicopters. (Facebook)

Injured snowmobiler near Golden airlifted to safety

The person had an upper arm injury

Golden and District Search and Rescue photo from Alpine Helicopters. (Facebook)
Aerial view of Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Taking journalism to new heights; Black Press reporter takes to the sky with air search and rescue

Civil Air Search and Rescue Association consists entirely of volunteers

  • Feb 19, 2023
Aerial view of Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
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Ski club thanks rescuers after getting lost at Kelowna ski resort

Five members of the Big White Ski Club required rescuing

  • Feb 19, 2023
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A woman embraces a member of the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue Team as they are greeted by members of the Turkish Canadian community upon arrival from Turkey at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. The team of volunteer search and rescue experts, which is mostly comprised of firefighters from Burnaby, deployed to Turkey the day after last week’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VIDEO: B.C. search and rescue team arrives home after aiding Turkish relief efforts

Members of the team touched down Tuesday following a week-long deployment in Adiyaman

A woman embraces a member of the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue Team as they are greeted by members of the Turkish Canadian community upon arrival from Turkey at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. The team of volunteer search and rescue experts, which is mostly comprised of firefighters from Burnaby, deployed to Turkey the day after last week’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vernon Search and Rescue sledders came to the aid of snowmobilers near Lumby Feb. 12. (VSAR photo)

3 calls in 3 days: busy weekend for Vernon Search and Rescue

Subjects cold and wet but otherwise OK

Vernon Search and Rescue sledders came to the aid of snowmobilers near Lumby Feb. 12. (VSAR photo)
Vernon Search and Rescue, with help from the Hunters Range Snowmobile Association, brought to safety a pair of stranded snow bikers in a drainage ditch on Hunters Ranger near Enderby Saturday, Feb. 4. (Facebook photo)

Vernon Search and Rescue, sledders come to snow bikers’ aid

Pair of snow bikers caught in drainage ditch on Hunters Range rescued safely

Vernon Search and Rescue, with help from the Hunters Range Snowmobile Association, brought to safety a pair of stranded snow bikers in a drainage ditch on Hunters Ranger near Enderby Saturday, Feb. 4. (Facebook photo)
Shuswap Search and Rescue were able to use a helicopter for a Queest Mountain rescue thanks to daylight and good weather on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (Shuswap Search and Rescue photo)

Helicopter rescues seriously injured snowmobiler on Queest Mountain near Sicamous

Shuswap Search and Rescue said a combination of factors allowed the aircraft to land near the man

Shuswap Search and Rescue were able to use a helicopter for a Queest Mountain rescue thanks to daylight and good weather on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (Shuswap Search and Rescue photo)
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was training at Mission Creek Park on Jan. 26, 2022. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue tune up their skills in training session

Every member of COSAR is a volunteer

  • Jan 27, 2023
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was training at Mission Creek Park on Jan. 26, 2022. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Shuswap Search and Rescue volunteers practise their avalanche rescue skills in January 2023. (Shuswap Search and Rescue- Facebook)

Shuswap Search and Rescue takes avalanche training to better respond to crisis

Members work to better recognize avalanche terrain for safe, quick rescue

Shuswap Search and Rescue volunteers practise their avalanche rescue skills in January 2023. (Shuswap Search and Rescue- Facebook)
Vernon Search and Rescue came safely to the aid of an injured snowmobile rider in the Hunters Range area east of Enderby Saturday, Jan. 21. (Facebook photo)

Vernon Search and Rescue comes to aid of injured sledder

Rider transported safely to hospital following injury at Hunters Range near Enderby Saturday, Jan. 21

Vernon Search and Rescue came safely to the aid of an injured snowmobile rider in the Hunters Range area east of Enderby Saturday, Jan. 21. (Facebook photo)
Oliver/Osoyoos Search and Rescue Team, along with members of North Shore Rescues, successfully saved a lost skier on Friday, Jan. 20. (Photo-OOSAR/Facebook)

Lost skier rescued at Mount Baldy by Oliver/Osoyoos, North Shore rescue teams

Talon Helicopters and members of North Shore were available in assisting with Friday night’s task

Oliver/Osoyoos Search and Rescue Team, along with members of North Shore Rescues, successfully saved a lost skier on Friday, Jan. 20. (Photo-OOSAR/Facebook)
(VSAR photo)

Pair of North Okanagan snow bikers rescued after mechanical breakdown

Vernon Search and Rescue says the riders prepared well and ‘did all the right things’

(VSAR photo)
Vernon Search and Rescue crews had a long night looking for a pair of snowmobilers lost in the Greystokes area early Jan. 8. (VSAR photo)

Vernon search crews rescue stranded snowmobilers near Kelowna

Central Okanagan crews were tied up looking for missing snow bikers

Vernon Search and Rescue crews had a long night looking for a pair of snowmobilers lost in the Greystokes area early Jan. 8. (VSAR photo)
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue spent hours tracking down lost snow bikers after they left the location where a distress signal was sent out on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (COSAR/Facebook)

’Stay put’: Lengthy search for missing snow bikers in Okanagan

The lost persons had left the area where they sent out a distress signal

  • Jan 8, 2023
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue spent hours tracking down lost snow bikers after they left the location where a distress signal was sent out on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (COSAR/Facebook)
Approximately 55 chicks were rescued from the hatchery (Barak Mayer/ Meat the Victims Israel)

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Amy Soranno was convicted of break and enter after a hog farm protest with Meat the Victims

Approximately 55 chicks were rescued from the hatchery (Barak Mayer/ Meat the Victims Israel)
COSAR volunteers train in the icy Okanagan Lake. 2022 was the third-busiest year on record for the search and rescue team. (COSAR/Submitted)

Working from mountain tops to the depths of Okanagan Lake: COSAR ‘s year in review

The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) volunteers rescued people from across…

COSAR volunteers train in the icy Okanagan Lake. 2022 was the third-busiest year on record for the search and rescue team. (COSAR/Submitted)
Shuswap Search and Rescue members snowshoeing to recover a stranded snow biker and his bike, Dec. 29 2022. (Shuswap Search and Rescue/ Facebook)

Shuswap search team rescues snow biker stuck down deep drainage

13 members sledded and snowshoed to trapped man; biker was not injured

Shuswap Search and Rescue members snowshoeing to recover a stranded snow biker and his bike, Dec. 29 2022. (Shuswap Search and Rescue/ Facebook)
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