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December is already becoming a busy month for search and rescue crews in the Okanagan. As Victoria Femia reports, with weather conditions changing almost daily, many heading into the backcountry are being caught off guard.

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue confirm that the same driver got stuck on a forest service road twice in a span of 10 days. And a hockey brawl was caught on camera.

The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team is warning about treacherous conditions on forest service roads after being called out to rescue the same driver twice in just a few days. Victoria Femia reports.

A music store in Lumby, which is also a package delivery location, had a bunch of instruments and patron’s Christmas packages stolen. In addition, Okanagan Search and Rescue teams are starting to get busy with calls of snowmobilers in trouble or trucks stuck in the snow.

A music store in Lumby, which is also a package delivery location, had a bunch of instruments and patron’s Christmas packages stolen. In addition, Okanagan Search and Rescue teams are starting to get busy with calls of snowmobilers in trouble or trucks stuck in the snow.

The family of a Penticton mother who was murdered in her apartment held a vigil this weekend. They are still searching for answers and justice. And many surveys show people are looking to reign in the holiday spending this year, but there is a still a focus on buying local.

The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue is getting a new home. As Sydney Morton reports. the new headquarters will provide crews with a purpose built facility they so desperately need.

Police are searching for suspects after thieves have been targeting a number of golf shops around the Okanagan. Victoria Femia reports.

Memorial held for victims of Lapu Lapu festival tragedy as community marks Filipino Heritage Month. Flash sale of condos offered in Surrey amid struggle to sell remaining vacant units. A warning from Okanagan search and rescue crews as summer boating season begins.

Summer is just around the corner and as the weather warms up, lakes around the Okanagan are starting to get busier with boat traffic. As Darya Zargar tell us, search and rescue crews are preparing for whatever emergencies might occur.

When it comes to search and rescue, dogs play an integral role in helping to find lost people. Now a search and rescue training camp just for them is helping dogs learn new techniques to be even more effective in the field. Sydney Morton has the details

RCMP and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crews are looking for a missing person in the area of a landslide on Westside Road. Travis Lowe reports.

Where the exhaustive search for a missing trucker finally came to an end. And Vernon Mounties say there is no criminality involved in the death of a man believed to be Curtis Sagmoen.

Friction after Kelowna’s mayor tries to stop councillors from speaking to the media. And the search continues at the site of a massive mudslide for a missing person.

Kelowna shops are worried tighter restrictions on a local encampment could negatively impact their business. And Search and Rescue crews have a message for anyone who wants to use a forest road outside Penticton.

It’s been a sad week for a search and rescue unit in the Okanagan, after losing one of its only K9 members. As Sydney Morton reports, the group is mourning one of their best.

The father of a Kelowna crane collapse victim is still searching for answers, three years after the deadly workplace disaster. And why an Okanagan winery is now banned from ever using temporary foreign workers again.

An arrest has been made in a string of vandalisms in West Vancouver and the suspect has a connection to the neighbourhood. And yet search and rescue crews are once again reminding people to be prepared before heading into the great outdoors, after two men got lost.

An Okanagan pilot who landed on a frozen lake is sharing his story with Global News about the seven hours he spent on thin ice. As Victoria Femia reports, he is grateful search and rescue teams came to his aid before conditions got worse.

The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) team have begun taking newly trained paramedics onto their boat for simulated rescues.