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False alarm in Kelowna after foot race in creek triggers search and rescue effort
May 30, 2025 - 11:20 AM
Someone saw a teenage girl jump off a bridge over Mission Creek in Kelowna, but unbeknownst to the witnesses she landed on a trail and not in the water.
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.
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La Terrazza owner charged with defrauding Penticton winery
The business partner of a Penticton winery has been charged with defrauding the business. Restaurateur and business partner Giulio Miceli is scheduled to appear in a Penticton courthouse, Aug. 13, facing a single charge of defrauding the Pl
What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy
President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to deci
Penticton area property owners could be on hook for $33M in water system upgrades
It’s hard to believe that 265 property owners in the Sage Mesa subdivision near Penticton could be responsible for over $33 million in water system upgrades — but that’s the current reality. Riley Gettens, director for Are
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First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site
SECHELT — An 18-month investigation at a former residential school site in British Columbia's Sunshine Coast has found
August 15, 2025 3:56 PM
Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table as deadline looms
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants to get back to
August 15, 2025 3:39 PM
B.C. legislator shocked by American senator's 'nonsense' pitch to join U.S.
VICTORIA — A British Columbia legislator says he went from "disappointed" to "enraged" after receiving a pitch from a R
August 15, 2025 3:12 PM
Kamloops council censures mayor over conflict of interest
The mayor of Kamloops got yet another pay cut after an investigator found he violated conflict of interest laws.
August 15, 2025 3:04 PM
Those in Bamfield, B.C., support each other as wildfire cuts power, main road access
Mark Lawrence says residents of Bamfield, B.C., are used to relying on their generators for extended periods, and thoug
August 15, 2025 2:27 PM
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