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Snowmobiler needed to be rescued after suffering injury near Enderby
An injured snowmobiler was saved by the Vernon Search and Rescue team this weekend. The…
MUFFPOTS: North Okanagan business has hot idea for convenient comfort food
For people who don’t spend oodles of time snowmobiling or riding an ATV in the…
‘Did everything right’: Textbook rescue of injured snowmobiler in Okanagan
A group of three snowmobilers did everything right in their effort to get help for…
Donations pour in for family of Lumby snowmobile president who died doing what he loved
LUMBY – There’s an outpouring of support for the young family of a Lumby man…
North Okanagan snowmobile incident claims life of Lumby man
LUMBY – A Lumby man is dead following a snowmobiling accident in the North Okanagan…
Man found liable for runaway snowmobile crash near McBride
MCBRIDE – A man has won his case in court after being seriously injured when…
Missing Alberta snowmobilers found safe near Sicamous
SICAMOUS – A pair of snowmobilers who went missing Sunday evening were found in good…
West Kelowna father dies snowmobiling east of Kelowna
KELOWNA – RCMP say a West Kelowna man died after a medical emergency he suffered…
North Okanagan avalanche victim’s airbag didn’t deploy: Coroner
LANGUAGE ADVISORY NORTH OKANAGAN – The B.C. Coroners Service has finally released its findings into…
Four snowmobilers helped from the backcountry by Vernon Search and Rescue
ENDERBY – Vernon Search and Rescue went out to locate two missing snowmobilers over the…
Doing it for grandma: Kelowna sledder named finalist for North America’s best snowmobiler
KELOWNA – Justin Evans wants to be named the best snowmobiler in North America for…
UPDATE: Snow biker stranded overnight in North Okanagan brought to safety
NORTH OKANAGAN – Search and rescue crews pulled a stranded snow biker to safety this…
Have you explored this 5,500-hectare provincial park near Vernon?
VERNON – Mention Silver Star and the first thing most people think of is the…
Man killed in Shuswap avalanche identified
KELOWNA – The B.C. Coroners Service has released the identity of a man who died…
Two snowmobilers buried by avalanche north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – An avalanche in an area northwest of Blue River has claimed the lives…
UPDATE: Body of missing Sicamous snowmobiler recovered from avalanche slide
SICAMOUS – The search for a missing Sicamous man has ended in tragedy. The 34-year-old…
Stranded snowmobilers rescued in North Okanagan; on their own dime to retrieve sleds
"WE DON'T RESCUE SNOWMOBILES, WE RESCUE PEOPLE." NORTH OKANAGAN – A group of people exploring…
Avalanche-related deaths down in B.C. despite tragedies
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Avalanche expert Karl Klassen says going into the backcountry is a lot like…
UPDATE: Sledders lost in high risk avalanche zone near Cherryville found safe
CHERRYVILLE – Half a dozen snowmobilers were located safe and sound this morning thanks to…
Avalanche warning for southern Interior this weekend
KAMLOOPS – An avalanche warning has been issued for a big chunk of the southern…
Shuswap snowmobilers call for help after realizing ‘it was time to save themselves’
VERNON – A pair of snowmobilers in their mid-20s were very happy to see search…
Two snowmobilers, two separate rescues for search teams in the Shuswap
SHUSWAP - Every minute of daylight counted as search and rescue crews raced to the aid of two snowmobilers during two separate incidents in the Shuswap this week. The first call came in around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, with a report of an injured snowmobiler, possibly with a fractured spine, at Blue Lake near...
Get ready for winter fun at B.C.’s largest snow show
VERNON - The largest exhibition of snow machines and snow safety equipment is coming to Vernon in less than two weeks. The first ever B.C. Provincial Snow Show is made up of three events that were previously held across the Interior — in Vernon, Williams Lake and Prince George. This year, the Vernon Snowmobile Association...
Deadline to register your off-road vehicles quickly approaching
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Backcountry riders have until Nov. 1 to register their dirt bikes, ATVs and snowmobiles. The new law, which also stipulates several safety regulations while on Crown land, has been voluntary since last November, and back in May the provincial government extended the hard deadline from June 1 to the start of next month....