News Items tag as: COSAR

Kamloops, Okanagan search and rescue teams prepare for busy backcountry season
November 12, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Search and Rescue crews operating in Kamloops and the Okanagan are preparing for a busy winter season of backcountry rescues as people continue to explore the outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue finds injured hiker, assists with boat incident, all in one night
September 03, 2020 - 9:35 AM

The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team had a busy Tuesday night rescuing an injured hiker and assisting with a boat incident.
Missing toddler walks 5 km along logging roads before being found near Beaverdell
August 15, 2020 - 11:00 AM

A toddler who went missing in the Beaverdell area this week walked for roughly five kilometres along quad trails and logging roads before he was found.
Severely injured ATV rider rescued during busy weekend for Central Okanagan rescue team
August 04, 2020 - 8:28 AM

A man was air lifted to a waiting ambulance by helicopter from the hills near Bear Lake on Sunday evening.
Hunters rescued after getting trapped in woods near Big White
November 13, 2019 - 1:35 PM

A group of four who had been hunting in the Big White area Nov. 12 are home safe and sound after being stuck in a washout, thanks to a late-night search effort.
Search and rescue crews pull boat to shore near downtown Kelowna
October 08, 2019 - 3:12 PM

KELOWNA - Search and rescue crews were seen towing a boat from Manhattan Point into the Kelowna Yacht Club about 2:30 p.m. today, Oct. 8.
UPDATE: Search continues for missing man near Kelowna
September 27, 2019 - 4:20 PM

KELOWNA - A 74-year-old man went missing from the James Lake area east of Kelowna yesterday.
Two rescues in one day for COSAR
August 03, 2019 - 8:47 AM

KELOWNA - The long weekend has barely begun, but Central Okanagan Search and Rescue is already busy with work across Kelowna.
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue safety improved since hero's drowning
July 04, 2019 - 1:00 PM

Just over eight years ago, Sheilah Sweatman, a volunteer member of Nelson Search and Rescue, participated in a swift water response for a vehicle partially submerged in the Goat River near Creston.
Canada Day search and rescue in Central Okanagan brings three hikers back home
July 01, 2019 - 5:47 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - A Canada Day search and rescue mission in the Okanagan successfully brought three hikers and their dog back to civilization.
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Raw and personal: Vernon resident with dementia publishes memoir
At just 55 years old, Christine Thelker was diagnosed with dementia. Doctors told her there was nothing they could do for her and that she had between five and eight years left to live. Five years later and Thelker's first book has just

Kamloops's first craft distillery so close you can taste it
Locals excited about the opening of Kamloops' first craft distillery don't have much longer to wait. Red Bridge Distilling is set to open its doors by early December in Sahali off McGill Road. It's been a long road t

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