Marine Rescue

• Canadian crews help in airlift of 2 passengers from cruise ship off Washington coast

  A 52-year-old woman had suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and was on life support, and a 99-year-old man suffered from complete esophageal obstruction while on the cruise ship.

  Aug 26, 2025
  
• Kingfisher SAR plane joins U.S. Coast Guard in medical rescue of Canadian mariner

  The aircraft was called out around 11:30 a.m. to help support the medical evacuation of a Canadian mariner from a fishing boat about 300 kilometres offshore from Astoria, Oregon. 

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2025
  
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• Body found in U.S. waters amid search for missing B.C. kayakers: RCMP

  Searchers south of the border have not yet identified the body as belonging to one of the missing kayakers, according to RCMP.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2024
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• Search for missing kayakers off Vancouver Island expands to U.S. waters

  Daniel MacAlpine, 36, and Nicola West, 26, disappeared Saturday afternoon while travelling between Island View Beach and D'Arcy Island. 

  Sports

  Apr 22, 2024
• ‘Miracle’: 1 of 2 missing U.S. fishermen found adrift in life raft off Vancouver Island

  One of two missing mariners was found alive in a life raft Thursday, a day after U.S. officials had suspended their search and two weeks after their vessel left port in Washington.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2023
• U.S. Coast Guard rescues stranded boaters east of Victoria

  Crews with the U.S. Coast Guard deployed to Lopez Island, east of Victoria, B.C., to rescue stranded boaters on Sunday.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2023
• New Westminster police rescue 2 people from sinking boat on Fraser River

  Police located a boat that had sustained "significant damage" with two people aboard in need of medical care, NWPD said in a media release.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2022
• 19-year-old man dies after being pulled from Lake Ontario in Toronto

  Emergency crews were called to Maclean Avenue and Hubbard Boulevard, in the Beaches neighbourhood, at around 7:02 p.m. Sunday.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2020
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• Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft carries out marine rescue near Richmond

  Aerial footage showed the hovercraft approaching the vessel, whose stern appeared to be low in the water.

  Nov 19, 2019
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• Canadian sailor rescued by U.S. Coast Guard from naval vessel in Puget Sound

  The crew of the HMCS Nanaimo reported the victim had a cut on his head and showed signs of a concussion.

  Nov 16, 2019