Search and Rescue

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue train in Golden Ears Mountains. In 2022, SAR teams across B.C. responded to 1,510 incidents.(Photo courtesy of RMSAR)

More than 1,700 people saved by B.C. search and rescue in 2022

Association projecting annual incidents to increase in coming years

 

Sx Penticton search and rescue specialists and a Topflight helicopter had the difficult task of recovering the body of a hiker on McIntyre Bluffs in OK Falls. (Penticton & District Search & Rescue photo)

Hiker’s body recovered from mountain above Okanagan Falls

Penticton Search and Rescue along with a helicopter had the difficult task of recovery

 

Bernard Cloutier with some of his rescuers from Penticton Search and Rescue who saved the hiker from the Cathedral Lakes Park fire. (Submitted)

‘Frying into bacon for bears’: Penticton hiker saved from Crater Creek inferno

Bernand Cloutier grateful to Penticton search and rescue who performed the dramatic rescue

 

Search and Rescue units were seen at the boat launch on the shores of Harrison Lake. KHSAR volunteers responded to a float plane incident on Monday afternoon. (Photo/Deanna Fortin Jones)

2 rescued after float plane crashed, sank into Harrison Lake

Occupants taken to safety before Search and Rescue arrived

Search and Rescue units were seen at the boat launch on the shores of Harrison Lake. KHSAR volunteers responded to a float plane incident on Monday afternoon. (Photo/Deanna Fortin Jones)
Central Okanagan had its busiest month ever in June. (COSAR/Submitted)

Record breaking number of search and rescues in Central Okanagan

In 69 years of searching, July 2023 was COSAR’s busiest month ever

Central Okanagan had its busiest month ever in June. (COSAR/Submitted)
RCMP officers were at Hurlburt Park Wednesday, July 26, 2023, two days after a fishing boat capsized on Okanagan Lake and the man driving the boat did not surface. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Kayaker and boat captain missing on Okanagan lakes

2 separate vessels capsized on Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes have not resurfaced following storm

RCMP officers were at Hurlburt Park Wednesday, July 26, 2023, two days after a fishing boat capsized on Okanagan Lake and the man driving the boat did not surface. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
RCMP officers were at Hurlburt Park on Wednesday, July 26, two days after a fishing boat capsized on Okanagan Lake and the man driving the boat did not surface. (Brendan Shykora/Morning Star)

UPDATE: Kayaker and boat captain still missing on Okanagan lakes

2 separate vessels capsized on Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes have not resurfaced following storm

RCMP officers were at Hurlburt Park on Wednesday, July 26, two days after a fishing boat capsized on Okanagan Lake and the man driving the boat did not surface. (Brendan Shykora/Morning Star)
The province announced search and rescue groups in Grand Forks, Oliver-Osoyoos and Princeton will be receiving around $63,000 each from a pool of $6 million being given to search and rescue groups. Gazette file photo

Grand Forks rearch and rescue receives provincial funding

Group among several receiving share of $6M given to BC Search and Rescue Association

The province announced search and rescue groups in Grand Forks, Oliver-Osoyoos and Princeton will be receiving around $63,000 each from a pool of $6 million being given to search and rescue groups. Gazette file photo
Search and rescue members from Mission, Chilliwack, Ridge Meadows and Central Fraser Valley lifted a 20-year-old man out of a ravine after he fell from 50 feet while hiking near Cascade Falls. /Mission Search and Rescue Photo

‘Very lucky’ hiker rescued after 50-foot slip at B.C. falls

Loose dirt gave way on 20-year-old while walking trail; search and rescue used rope to lift him

Search and rescue members from Mission, Chilliwack, Ridge Meadows and Central Fraser Valley lifted a 20-year-old man out of a ravine after he fell from 50 feet while hiking near Cascade Falls. /Mission Search and Rescue Photo
In this photo provided by Grupomar/Atun Tuny, Australian Tim Shaddock has is blood pressure taken after being rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, after being adrift with his dog for three months. Haddock and his dog Bella were aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa some 1,200 miles from land when they were rescued. (Grupomar/Atun Tuny via AP)

Australian man and his dog rescued by Mexican tuna boat after drifting 3 months in the Pacific Ocean

An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog…

In this photo provided by Grupomar/Atun Tuny, Australian Tim Shaddock has is blood pressure taken after being rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, after being adrift with his dog for three months. Haddock and his dog Bella were aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa some 1,200 miles from land when they were rescued. (Grupomar/Atun Tuny via AP)
Paraglider Jack Pincus, centre, from the Comox Valley and rescuers Dave Potter from Totem Tree Service, right, and a member of Alberni Valley Rescue Society are flown away from Mount Irwin by Ascent Helicopters after Pincus was rescued from the top of a 35-metre Douglas fir. (PHOTO COURTESY DAVE POTTER)

B.C. paraglider recalls his Canada Day spent stuck in a tree

Jack Pincus ‘unlucky’ but unhurt on long weekend launch, rescuers free him after about 2 hours

Paraglider Jack Pincus, centre, from the Comox Valley and rescuers Dave Potter from Totem Tree Service, right, and a member of Alberni Valley Rescue Society are flown away from Mount Irwin by Ascent Helicopters after Pincus was rescued from the top of a 35-metre Douglas fir. (PHOTO COURTESY DAVE POTTER)
A helicopter from Revelstoke lifting the injured woman from the scene of the ATV incident. (Contributed by Bri McQuair)

A Canada Day to remember: Nakusp first responders save woman in ATV crash

First responders left Canada Day festivities to save Alberta woman southeast of Nakusp

A helicopter from Revelstoke lifting the injured woman from the scene of the ATV incident. (Contributed by Bri McQuair)
Crews begin repairs to a washed-out section of Highway 170 in Rivière-Éternité, Que., Sunday, July 2, 2023. The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Police divers find two bodies after Quebec landslide

Residents of Rivière-Éternité were forced to leave their homes after a weekend storm

Crews begin repairs to a washed-out section of Highway 170 in Rivière-Éternité, Que., Sunday, July 2, 2023. The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Crews begin repairs to a washed-out section of Highway 170 in Rivière-Éternité, Que., Sunday, July 2, 2023. The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Search stretches into third day for two people missing after Quebec landslide

Rescue teams looking for unidentified man and woman in their 40s missing in Rivière-Éternité

Crews begin repairs to a washed-out section of Highway 170 in Rivière-Éternité, Que., Sunday, July 2, 2023. The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Esther Wang walked out of the trail after she went missing for 54 hours in Golden Ears Provincial Park. (Estherwangvolleyball - Instagram/Special to The News)

B.C. teen missing in Golden Ears Provincial Park credits air cadets and god for finding her way home

Esther Wang was missing for 54 hours before walking out of the woods on her own

Esther Wang walked out of the trail after she went missing for 54 hours in Golden Ears Provincial Park. (Estherwangvolleyball - Instagram/Special to The News)
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, left, steps away from the media at the conclusion of a news conference, Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston. The U.S. Navy has confirmed its acoustic sensors detected “an anomaly consistent with an implosion” in the area where the doomed submersible Titan was operating when it lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Steven Senne

U.S. Coast Guard to lead investigation into deadly rupture of Titan sub

Submersible broke apart four kilometres below the surface of the North Atlantic

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, left, steps away from the media at the conclusion of a news conference, Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston. The U.S. Navy has confirmed its acoustic sensors detected “an anomaly consistent with an implosion” in the area where the doomed submersible Titan was operating when it lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Steven Senne
A boat with the OceanGate logo is parked on a lot near the OceanGate offices Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Everett, Wash. The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that the missing submersible Titan imploded near the Titanic shipwreck site, killing everyone on board. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

‘Titanic’ director says search for missing sub became a ‘nightmarish charade’

James Cameron: ‘That was just a cruel, slow turn of the screw for four days as far as I’m concerned’

A boat with the OceanGate logo is parked on a lot near the OceanGate offices Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Everett, Wash. The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that the missing submersible Titan imploded near the Titanic shipwreck site, killing everyone on board. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Sean Leet, left, chairman of Horizon Maritime Services, stands with Chief Mi’sel Joe of the Miawpukek First Nation, at a news conference at the harbour in St. John’s, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Underwater noises described as “banging” have been heard in an area of the Atlantic where a submersible disappeared three days ago near the wreck of the Titanic, search officials confirmed Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie

U.S. Coast Guard confirms Titan debris found at Titanic site, five crew dead

Debris was discovered by a crew on a Canadian-flagged offshore tug and supply vessel

Sean Leet, left, chairman of Horizon Maritime Services, stands with Chief Mi’sel Joe of the Miawpukek First Nation, at a news conference at the harbour in St. John’s, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Underwater noises described as “banging” have been heard in an area of the Atlantic where a submersible disappeared three days ago near the wreck of the Titanic, search officials confirmed Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
FILE - In this image released by Action Aviation, the submersible Titan is prepared for a dive into a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to the Titanic on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Rescuers are racing against time to find the missing submersible carrying five people, who were reported overdue Sunday night. (Action Aviation via AP, File)

Debris field has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible

The U.S. Coast Guard post on Twitter gave no further details

FILE - In this image released by Action Aviation, the submersible Titan is prepared for a dive into a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to the Titanic on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Rescuers are racing against time to find the missing submersible carrying five people, who were reported overdue Sunday night. (Action Aviation via AP, File)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. The RCMP’s underwater recovery team is searching a lake in British Columbia’s southern Interior for any sign of two men from the Lower Mainland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Search for two Metro Vancouver men underway on southern B.C. Interior lake

Pair went missing on Stump Lake between Merritt and Kamloops

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. The RCMP’s underwater recovery team is searching a lake in British Columbia’s southern Interior for any sign of two men from the Lower Mainland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck