Helicopter Winch Rescue Team
Kelowna hunter rescued after taking tumble down Lumby ravine
LUMBY – A 51-year-old Kelowna man out hunting near Lumby is lucky he had cell service when he took a tumble into a snowy ravine Saturday afternoon. A B.C. Ambulance crew and Vernon Search and Rescue volunteers found the man lying on the ground about 8 kilometres up Harris Creek Road near Echo Lake just...
Vernon Search and Rescue deploys helicopter to injured hiker
VERNON - A seriously injured hiker in Kimberly has Vernon Search and Rescue to thank for getting him to the hospital in record time. Leigh Pearson, with Vernon SAR, says the group’s helicopter winch rescue team was deployed on Friday, April 3, for a mutual aid call in Kimberly. After navigating around some bad weather,...
Search and rescue finds empty car at bottom of Coldstream ravine
COLDSTREAM – Search and rescue volunteers came up empty handed getting called out to look for a car reportedly at the bottom of a deep ravine in Coldstream Saturday afternoon. The searchers were called in by the RCMP to search the gulley above Buchanan Road around 1:30 p.m. A caller said they say a vehicle...