News Items tag as: KSAR

Kamloops Search and Rescue opens volunteer applications
April 23, 2019 - 3:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — Are you over age 19, in good shape, have a driver's license and want to volunteer with search and rescue?
Kamloops Search and Rescue nearly doubles volunteer base after memorable year
January 07, 2016 - 11:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - With a wide variety of calls, including some that did not end well, it was a memorable year for local search and rescue volunteers, and with 22 new recruits now in training, 2016 is also shaping up to be a memorable year.
UPDATE: Kamloops Search and Rescue find snowmobiler near Wells Gray
December 23, 2015 - 11:28 AM

KAMLOOPS - Members from the Kamloops Search and Rescue Team have found a snowmobiler who went missing near Wells Gray Provincial Park yesterday, Dec. 22.
Kamloops search manager keen to get drones approved for search and rescue missions
November 23, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - They’ve been used to capture birds-eye view images and to find hotspots from a wildfire, and following a successful test run this weekend drones could soon be used on search and rescue missions in B.C. as well.
Kamloops Search and Rescue tests potentially lifesaving drone technology
November 21, 2015 - 1:00 PM

KAMLOOPS – Drones are getting a bad rap for everything from endangering aircraft and invading privacy, but a Kamloops company is using the technology to do good.
UPDATE: Woman possibly missing near Adams Lake found
September 19, 2015 - 1:49 PM

KAMLOOPS - The woman reported missing earlier this week in the Adams Lake area has been located.
How not to treat search and rescuers
September 18, 2015 - 11:19 AM

TWO LOST PEOPLE NEAR KAMLOOPS WHO WOULDN'T FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
UPDATE: Body of missing woman found by search and rescue teams in Juniper Ridge
September 01, 2015 - 12:59 PM

FOUL PLAY NOT SUSPECTED
Two men who died in Spences Bridge crash identified
August 18, 2015 - 10:35 AM

KAMLOOPS - Two men are dead after the vehicle they were in left the roadway and rolled down a steep embankment near Spences Bridge last week.
Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan
June 25, 2015 - 10:42 AM

PENTICTON - The search for two Ontario hikers missing since Monday in the Similkameen is escalating as the search enters its third full day.
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Chefs mourn for Okanagan's peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
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Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ

Prospective Kelowna homebuyers backed out of deal, ordered to pay over $300K
It was too late to back out when prospective homebuyers in Kelowna were refused a mortgage last year. The bank said the home wasn't worth the agreed upon $1.1 million and wouldn't lend the money. Although the bank appeared to be cor

News Items tag as: KSAR

Kamloops Search and Rescue opens volunteer applications

Kamloops Search and Rescue nearly doubles volunteer base after memorable year

UPDATE: Kamloops Search and Rescue find snowmobiler near Wells Gray

Kamloops search manager keen to get drones approved for search and rescue missions

Kamloops Search and Rescue tests potentially lifesaving drone technology

UPDATE: Woman possibly missing near Adams Lake found

How not to treat search and rescuers

UPDATE: Body of missing woman found by search and rescue teams in Juniper Ridge

Two men who died in Spences Bridge crash identified

Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan

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