Search and Rescue

(Ed Henczel/COSAR)

Okanagan search and rescue teams find man lost overnight in Kelowna backcountry

A mountain biker got lost on the Angel Springs trails and had to spend a cold, wet night in the forest

(Ed Henczel/COSAR)
(COSAR/Submitted)

Injured dirt biker saved by Central Okanagan Search and Rescue

Rider injured her leg near Little White

(COSAR/Submitted)
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue were called to the Kettle Valley Rail Trail Sunday afternoon. (Photo/COSAR)

Rescue on Rail Trail south of Kelowna

‘This has been an exceptionally busy year on the KVR’

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue were called to the Kettle Valley Rail Trail Sunday afternoon. (Photo/COSAR)
(COSAR/Submitted)

COSAR rescues dirt bike rider from Bear Creek, West Kelowna

The rider had a suspected back injury

(COSAR/Submitted)
(COSAR/Submitted)

Underwater camera and sonar used by COSAR at McKinley Landing, Kelowna

RCMP and COSAR have deployed marine rescue boats at McKinley Landing

(COSAR/Submitted)
Vernon Search and Rescue was kept busy with three tasks Friday night, Aug. 26, 2022. (VSAR photo)

Vernon Search and Rescue called to three incidents in one night

VSAR was unable to locate a missing person in an area just north of Vernon

Vernon Search and Rescue was kept busy with three tasks Friday night, Aug. 26, 2022. (VSAR photo)
Vernon Search and Rescue safely rescued a group stranded on Okanagan Lake Tuesday, Aug. 23. (Facebook photo)

Saved after boaters are stranded on Okanagan Lake

Group was rescued by Vernon Search and Rescue on Aug. 23

Vernon Search and Rescue safely rescued a group stranded on Okanagan Lake Tuesday, Aug. 23. (Facebook photo)
Penticton Search and Rescue staging area for one of the six rescues in remote areas in the past 2 weeks. (Facebook)

Penticton Search and Rescue air and ground crews busy with injured and lost hikers

3 of the rescues were in the remote Cathedral Lakes provincial park

Penticton Search and Rescue staging area for one of the six rescues in remote areas in the past 2 weeks. (Facebook)
TEAAM Aeromedical President Miles Randell demonstrates how to load and unload patients from a helicopter in Campbell River on Nov. 4, 2021. Ronan O’Doherty/ Campbell River Mirror

Newly-launched Island-based air rescue team has few equivalents in North America

Rapid response to emergencies in hard-to-reach Vancouver Island, North Coast locations

TEAAM Aeromedical President Miles Randell demonstrates how to load and unload patients from a helicopter in Campbell River on Nov. 4, 2021. Ronan O’Doherty/ Campbell River Mirror
Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue and Talon helicopters rescued a hiker who was lost on the Golden Ears Mountains on Thursday evening. (RMSAR/Special to The News)

B.C. search team rescues hiker from Golden Ears Mountains

Search and Rescue warns people to bring navigation tools into the back country

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue and Talon helicopters rescued a hiker who was lost on the Golden Ears Mountains on Thursday evening. (RMSAR/Special to The News)
Vernon and Penticton Search and Rescue teams helped an injured hiker out of the Monashee Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 9. (VSAR photo)

Okanagan searchers team up to rescue injured hiker

Father and daughter in Monashee Mountain thankfully had Garmin InReach

Vernon and Penticton Search and Rescue teams helped an injured hiker out of the Monashee Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 9. (VSAR photo)
Access helicopters transported Bella Coola Valley Search and Rescue members to a remote area near Mount Waddington to rescue two hikers July 29. (Photo submitted)

Hikers rescued off B.C.’s ‘Mystery Mountain’ after falling rock strikes one

Injured hiker began bleeding profusely at 11,000 feet up Mount Waddington Friday

Access helicopters transported Bella Coola Valley Search and Rescue members to a remote area near Mount Waddington to rescue two hikers July 29. (Photo submitted)
Darrell Taylor from the Keremeos Search and Rescue holds the guide ropes during Family Day in 2018 for one young climber at the Similkameen Rec Centre. (Tara Bowie - Keremeos Review File)

Keremeos Search and Rescue shutting down after 13 years

A lack of volunteers made it unsustainable

Darrell Taylor from the Keremeos Search and Rescue holds the guide ropes during Family Day in 2018 for one young climber at the Similkameen Rec Centre. (Tara Bowie - Keremeos Review File)
(COSAR/Facebook)

Injured cyclist rescued in Central Okanagan Search and Rescue’s 51st task

Cyclist suffered a head injury while riding along Myra Canyon

(COSAR/Facebook)
Vernon Search and Rescue crew members hiked through slushy snow in the Monashee Mountains to rescue some lost hikers Friday, July 8, then called for a helicopter to help take everyone to safety. (Vernon Search and Rescue file photo)

Lost hikers safely found by Vernon Search and Rescue

Crew members made it through slushy July snow in the Monashee Mountains

Vernon Search and Rescue crew members hiked through slushy snow in the Monashee Mountains to rescue some lost hikers Friday, July 8, then called for a helicopter to help take everyone to safety. (Vernon Search and Rescue file photo)
(Photo - @chelscardno/Instagram)

Celebration of life for Kelowna flood victim

Chelsea Cardno and her dog JJ went missing on June 14 along Mission Creek

(Photo - @chelscardno/Instagram)
One fatality has been reported on the Spion Kop trails in Lake Country

UPDATE: Arrest, fatality and injuries at Spion Kop, Lake Country

COSAR has reported one fatality as a result of a UTV rollover

One fatality has been reported on the Spion Kop trails in Lake Country
Vernon Search and Rescue crews were getting ready to head to Enderby to help search for a child reported missing from a campground when they got a call that the child had been found safe. (Morning Star file photo)

Child found safely after wandering from Okanagan campground

Many locals in Enderby help in search for toddler Saturday evening, June 25

Vernon Search and Rescue crews were getting ready to head to Enderby to help search for a child reported missing from a campground when they got a call that the child had been found safe. (Morning Star file photo)
Emergency crews were on scene Saturday, June 25, to assist a man with serious head injuries on the High Rim Trail in Lake Country. The man was returning to his campsite when his ATV flipped and he was thrown from the vehicle. (Central Okanagan Search and Rescue photo)

Man suffers serious head injuries in Lake Country ATV incident

Man thrown from vehicle returning to campsite on High Rim Trail when ATV flipped

Emergency crews were on scene Saturday, June 25, to assist a man with serious head injuries on the High Rim Trail in Lake Country. The man was returning to his campsite when his ATV flipped and he was thrown from the vehicle. (Central Okanagan Search and Rescue photo)
(Photo - @chelscardno/Instagram)

Final search of Mission Creek after woman goes missing during Kelowna floods

The search will continue on Saturday, June 25

(Photo - @chelscardno/Instagram)
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