Search And Rescue

• Get outside, but get home safe: B.C. search-and-rescue teams make summer warning

  Calls to B.C. search-and-rescue teams always surge with the summer season. Here's what they want you to know to get home safe.

  Jul 10
  
• A look at Nova Scotia’s specially trained K-9 search and rescue team

  When disaster strikes in Nova Scotia, a specially trained team of dogs and their handlers are ready to answer the call for help.

  Canada

  Jun 18
  
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• Increased rescue calls on Okanagan forest service road lead to warning

  The surge in rescues is attributed to a combination of factors, including unexpected conditions along the route.

  Canada

  Mar 28
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• Night-capable drone opens ‘whole new world’ for Vancouver Island search-and-rescue team

  Vancouver Island's Arrowsmith Search and Rescue has obtained provincial approval to operate a new all-weather drone armed with both thermal and zoom capabilities.

  Tech

  Mar 10
• Injured snowboarder rescued from Vancouver Island backcountry

  A pair of snowboarders were plucked from the Vancouver Island backcountry Monday after an injury led to a chilly night in the mountains.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2024
• Tracker honoured for decades of search and recovery work in northern Manitoba

  Wilson Moore of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation has spent well over 40 years in the bush and on the water searching for missing people — and with great success.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2024
• B.C. search and rescue teams in talks for helicopter approval autonomy

  The Ministry of Emergency Management approves, or rejects, requests from search and rescue teams when a helicopter is required for a rescue and 'it's not serving anybody at all.'

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2024
• B.C. search and rescue teams say helicopter approval delays are hampering rescue efforts

  Search and rescue teams in Fernie and Squamish said recent requests for helicopters have initially been denied, leaving them and those needing rescue in the lurch.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2024
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• Climbers seriously injured in rockfall on Squamish Chief

  Two rock climbers have been taken to hospital in critical condition after a rockfall on The Chief in Squamish, B.C. Thursday.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2024
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• Search for young child in Thames River turns to recovery effort in London, Ont.

  Emergency crews were called to Adelaide Street North and Kipps Lane at 3 p.m. on Thursday for reports that a young child had went into the river and failed to re-surface.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2024