News

Publication: 
The Fress Press
Published: 
July 28rd 2013

Search and Rescue members were involved in the dramatic rescue of an injured hiker late on July 19.

The Ambulance Service received a call for assistance with a report of a female hiker injured....

Publication: 
The Free Press
Published: 
July 2013

A specialist rope rescue team was used to rescue a man who broke his neck rolling his ATV down a steep hill on Saturday.  The accident involved two ATVs that ended up rolling down a steep wooded...

Publication: 
The Free Press
Published: 
January 2013

Search and Rescue is reimbursed for any costs to the group of carrying out an operation, whether for food supplies, rental costs or damage caused to equipment.

However the team must raise funds...

Publication: 
Winter Fix
Published: 
Winter 2012/13

Search and Rescue is an organization of voluntary members sponsored by the provincial government to offer assistance to those who find themselves in difficulty in the backcountry. In the...

Publication: 
The Free Press
Published: 
December 2012
Learning how to avoid avalanches, like the one above, and how to respond if you are caught in a snow slide, is essential information before you head out into B.C.'s backcountry this...
Publication: 
The Free Press
Published: 
October 2012

Search and Rescue responded to a call by the RCMP at around 8 p.m. on October 13, to rescue the occupants of a vehicle known to be stuck near the top of a local ridge.

The motorists had called...

Publication: 
The Free press
Published: 
July 2012

At around midnight on ]uly 6, Search and Rescue was contacted by the RCMP to look for a lost mountain biker.

The biker, a local man, was thought to be in the area and had been missing for around...

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