SAR

• 1,019 lives saved in 2022: BC Search and Rescue year in review

  More than 3,400 volunteers, armed with 78 helicopters, spent more than 440,000 hours in service in 2022.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2023
  
• Second search for missing B.C. hiker Melissa McDevitt suspended

  The BC RCMP Island District said despite deploying more than 80 searchers from 11 different search and rescue agencies, 'nothing of obvious significance was located.'

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023
  
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• Camper injured during evening hike near Okanagan Lake

  According to COSAR, two female campers were hiking through Okanagan Mountain Park to Buchan Bay when one of them injured herself Saturday evening.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2023
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• Penticton, B.C. crews navigate ‘complex’ territory of Skaha Bluffs in rescue

  Nearly three hours after the call came in, the man was finally airlifted out by 6:20 p.m. and handed over to B.C. Emergency Health Services.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2023
• B.C. doctor says better health-care services needed on search and rescue missions

  Dr. Doug Brown, a volunteer with North Shore Rescue, said search and rescue teams in B.C. need to have more access to health-care providers to attend serious rescue operations.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2023
• Rescue calls increase dramatically in the Okanagan during pandemic

  Search and Rescue teams across the region have seen a major increase in call volumes in the last two years and this year is expected to follow suit.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2022
• West Kelowna search locates missing man in deep snow

  The friend searched on his own for several hours before calling West Kelowna RCMP for help, they said.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2021
• Search crews find missing hiker who spent the night on B.C.’s Mount Seymour

  North Shore Search and Rescue said the man arrived at the Mount Seymour parking lot between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday.

  Jun 21, 2020
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• Coronavirus: COSAR still operational but with added precautions

  Nine search and rescue members responded but, due to the pandemic, the majority remained at the search base as backup, COSAR said.

  Apr 19, 2020
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• Doctor treating Paris coronavirus patients says virus ‘less serious’ than SARS

  The mortality rate for the coronavirus is currently thought to be less than 5 per cent, whereas it was double that for SARS.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2020