Rescue

• Sailor rescued off Vancouver Island after going overboard alone

  'We were alerted of a person in the water that had fallen off a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat,' Maj. Greg Clarke with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre told Global News.

  Canada

  Dec 9
  
• ‘Oh my God’: Ontario man rescued after spending 10 hours trapped under ATV

  Several neighbours had already passed by the spot where he had crashed without noticing him on Aug. 10 in Sydenham, north of Kingston, Ont., before he was finally rescued.

  Canada

  Aug 27
  
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• Pair of climbers, 1 injured, rescued from sheer B.C. mountain face

  Members of three search and rescue groups combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope after one of the climbers fell and injured their head.

  Aug 6
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• ‘Goosebumps’ and euphoria after workers trapped in B.C. mine were freed

  Three workers trapped 284m underground for over 60 hours at a B.C. mine were rescued safely in a complex operation. All are in good condition, officials say.

  Canada

  Jul 26
• Family with kids aged 1 and 2 found frozen trying to cross Canada-U.S. border

  The RCMP says officers kept the family on the phone while tracking their coordinates by GPS and by following their footsteps in the snow.

  Canada

  Mar 7
• Trio of hikers rescued after cold night in North Shore mountains

  North Shore Rescue rescued the trio by helicopter Monday morning after they spent a chilly night in the mountains.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2024
• Killarney RCMP officers make save after vehicle flips in water-filled ditch

  Two RCMP officers in Western Manitoba were in the right place at the right time, helping rescue the driver of a vehicle who had flipped his ride in a ditch.

  Trending

  May 24, 2024
• Latest in string of rescues from Vancouver embankment raises concerns

  Rescuers had to rappel down about 45 metres (150 feet) to the bottom of the Grandview Cut, a human-made ravine that serves as a right of way for CN Rail and the SkyTrain.

  Crime

  May 10, 2024
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• Military jumpers recount daring rescue at plane crash site northeast of Yellowknife

  Military members tell their story of what it was like to rescue victims of a December plane crash in a remote area of the Northwest Territories.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2024
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• India tunnel collapse: Rescuers begin digging manually to free 41 workers

  Officials said a dozen men were taking turns burrowing into the debris with hand-held drilling tools for what was hoped would be the final stretch.

  World

  Nov 27, 2023