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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue took nearly 100 calls in 2024
January 02, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue had a busy year in 2024 with dozens of rescues and thousands of volunteer hours.
Hiker collapses and dies on West Kelowna trail
January 02, 2024 - 8:59 AM
A tough start to the new year for volunteers with Central Okanagan Search Rescue who were called to a report of a collapsed hike in West Kelowna.
Climber rescued after getting injured at Kelowna Crags
July 22, 2023 - 8:30 AM
A rock climber who injured himself at the Kelowna Crags was safely transported to the hospital thanks to the response by Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.
Injured Okanagan Lake camper rescued by boat
April 23, 2023 - 4:01 PM
Two women were picked up from the east shore of Okanagan Lake this morning after one injured herself last night.
COSAR member started fire to keep hikers warm during rescue
March 30, 2023 - 10:30 AM
The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team was called in to save a woman on the High Rim trail in Lake Country, and her friends needed to be looked after as well.
'Did everything right': Textbook rescue of injured snowmobiler in Okanagan
March 15, 2023 - 10:37 AM
A group of three snowmobilers did everything right in their effort to get help for their injured comrade earlier this week.
Snow bikers spend night in the cold after Kelowna rescue workers had to hunt for them
January 09, 2023 - 7:56 AM
It took 12 hours to rescue three snow bikers in the Greystokes area east of Kelowna after they kept moving deeper into a ravine.
A helicopter with night-vision goggles would be nice: COSAR
December 23, 2022 - 10:55 AM
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue believes it has a solution to having to rely on outside agencies.
Saturday busiest day of the year so far for Central Okanagan rescue group
March 27, 2022 - 10:53 AM
The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team has the busiest day of the year yesterday with two rescue operations and a cheque presentation.
Kelowna sledders donate $15K to rescue group after being saved near Revelstoke
December 24, 2021 - 9:20 AM
Three years ago, snowmobilers Andrew MacLeod and TJ Dumonceaux were saved by a search and rescue and rescue group. Today, Dec. 24, they paid it forward by making a $15,000 donation to Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone
$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC
Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M
Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro
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iN PHOTOS: Birds begin spring courtship rituals in Kamloops, Okanagan
Here's a sure sign of spring. Several species of birds are pairing up and can be observed calling for mates and
March 31, 2025 4:00 AM
Do you eat a meal in 20 minutes or less? It might be time to slow down
LONDON (AP) — You can have your cake and eat it too — just do it slowly. Experts tend to focus on
March 30, 2025 9:00 PM
Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centime
March 30, 2025 6:00 PM
Could this be the way to improve life for migrant farmworkers in Canada?
Could voluntary certification programs and consumer pressure improve
March 30, 2025 4:00 PM
How one chef in Vietnam uses fish sauce as the foundation for flavour
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The taste of banh te — a steamed rice cake with an enticing filling of mushrooms a
March 30, 2025 3:00 PM
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