Search And Rescue
UPDATE: Fisherman found after being stranded overnight
KAMLOOPS - Two men who were planning to go fishing for the day Tuesday, June 9, were left stranded on the side of the road overnight after their truck broke down. The two men told family they were heading out to fish for the day Tuesday, June 9, but did not return home, leading to...
Kamloops search and rescue going to the dogs
A LOOK AT THE ONLY VALIDATED SAR DOGS IN SOUTHERN INTERIOR KAMLOOPS - If you’re lost, they can help find you. If you’re hurt, they can help save you. They are some of the most important, yet underrated members of search and rescue teams and there are less than 20 of them in the entire...
SAR teams look for closure in cold case
LYTTON - It was nine months since a Lytton man was last seen and on Sunday local search and rescue crews hoped to finally solve the mystery of his disappearance and bring closure to his family. Gordon Davis, 87, was last seen riding his ATV on Aug. 30, 2014. Two days later his ATV was...
UPDATE: Mushroom picker last seen Saturday near Lytton located
KAMLOOPS - A mushroom picker last seen near Lytton on Saturday was found safely this early this afternoon. Kamloops Search and Rescue were called in to assist Merritt Search and Rescue members, along with Logan Lake Search and Rescue, in looking for the person in the Botanie Valley area near Lytton. Kamloops Search Manager Alan...
Distress call leads police, Vernon Search and Rescue to mountains outside Lumby
LUMBY - A pair of injured men were lucky to have a well-prepared outdoorsman come along after they crashed their ATV in a remote area outside Lumby. The men were riding a two-person, side-by-side ATV on a forest service road near Squaw Valley Road outside Lumby on Sunday, May 17, when they hit a rut...
Search for lost man in Vernon park extends past midnight
VERNON - A man lost at night in Kalamalka Provincial Park on the weekend made the right decision when he called home to say he was turned around, and losing battery life on his cell phone. That call prompted a quick response from RCMP and Vernon Search and Rescue, who immediately dispatched to the Cougar...
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 teams sharpen skills at Penticton meeting
PENTICTON - Penticton was "SAR Central" on the weekend with several teams from the region gathering to hone their skills and share ideas. The event took place in Penticton Saturday, March 14 and teams practised rescue and communication techniques and did a little networking. The teams, which included Penticton Search and Rescue, Central Okanagan Search...
Injured snowmobiler rescued near Peachland
PEACHLAND – A snowmobiler is recovering in hospital after falling off his machine and suffering serious injuries. Just before midnight, Friday, Feb.27, volunteers from the search and rescue outfits in Kelowna and Penticton responded to help ambulance paramedics get to the injured man who had been snowmobiling in the Headwaters area west of Peachland. The...
Thin ice warning for Vernon’s Swan lake
VERNON - Authorities are warning the public to stay safe around Swan Lake. With warming temperatures over the last week, the ice on the lake has thinned significantly. Police and Vernon Search and Rescue were told three people walking on the ice fell through, and that’s prompting some cautionary words. “This is very concerning as...
Search and Rescue at the scene of serious snowmobile incident
SICAMOUS - Vernon Search and Rescue is at the scene of a serious snowmobile accident in Sicamous. Spokesperson for Vernon SAR Leigh Pearson says crews were called out to a report of an injured snowmobiler in the Owlhead area in Sicamous the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 9. While we have yet to receive confirmation from...
Vernon search team locates missing snowmobilers in ‘horrendous’ weather
VERNON - Members of Vernon Search and Rescue spent a long night in severe weather conditions searching for a group of missing snowmobilers. A team of 16 rescuers headed out at 5 p.m. Sunday after a report of three missing snowmobilers in the Park Nelson area, east of Lumby. “Once base camp was set up,...
Snowmobile accident claims life of Salmon Arm teen
ENDERBY - A Salmon Arm teen is dead after a snowmobiling accident near Enderby. The 16-year-old Salmon Arm boy was snowmobiling with his father and others Dec. 28 in Hunters Range, but got separated from the group, RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. He wasn’t separated for long, but when his father tried to contact him...
COSAR tips for back country travel
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With the risk of avalanche slowly increasing over the last week in the regions surrounding the Thompson-Okanagan, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue have some tips to help keep you safe in the back country. Avalanche.ca reports the risk of avalanche to be “considerable” in the Kootenay Boundary and South and North Columbia regions....
Crews locate missing Vernon hunters
VERNON - Two overdue hunters have been located following a search mission Monday. The men aged 48 and 54, went missing in the Beau Park area off Westside Road over the weekend. Vernon search manager Leigh Pearson says they were supposed to return home by 9 p.m. Sunday. When they didn’t come back on schedule,...