News Items tag as: Penticton Search and Rescue 2021

Climber airlifted from Skaha Bluffs near Penticton
May 11, 2021 - 10:36 AM

A man injured while climbing at Skaha Bluffs had to be airlifted to hospital yesterday.
Search teams called to rescue injured hiker in Peachland
April 27, 2021 - 8:52 AM

Several emergency and search and rescue organizations teamed up last night to help a rock climber on Pincushion Mountain near Peachland last night.
Lost hiker in South Okanagan did 'all the right things'
March 17, 2021 - 3:46 PM

Penticton Search and Rescue responded to a call for a lost hiker earlier this week.
Two women rescued near Penticton thanks to good cell phone coverage
January 25, 2021 - 11:11 AM

In two separate instances on Saturday, Penticton Search and Rescue were able to rescue two women using cell phone to locate them.
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the

Climber airlifted from Skaha Bluffs near Penticton