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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue
Severely injured ATV rider rescued during busy weekend for Central Okanagan rescue team
A man was air lifted to a waiting ambulance by helicopter from the hills near…
Snowmobiler rescued after hitting tree near Kelowna
Rescue crews had to battle darkness and deep snow to reach a man who had…
E-bikes sparking a new wave of cycling in Interior cities
Does anyone pedal their own bike anymore? If you haven’t already noticed, a cyclist who…
Search and Rescue pulls injured biker off mountain near Kelowna
KELOWNA – An injured mountain biker was extracted from Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park yesterday afternoon by…
Volunteers to use e-bikes for Central Okanagan search and rescues
KELOWNA – People in need of aid by Central Okanagan Search and Rescue could soon…
Rescue group extracts sledder from Graystokes Provincial Park after heart attack
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – A sledder who suffered a heart attack on the weekend is being…
Family of four rescued on a rocky slope
WEST KELOWNA – A family of four was hiking and got stuck on a very…
After light summer, search and rescues ready for lost hunter season
This summer’s strange playbook — first flooding, then fire — has been just as strange…
Military called to assist with Kelowna area mountainside rescue
KELOWNA – A military helicopter was called in last night after search and rescue crews…
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue find injured mountain biker with help of app
KELOWNA – An injured mountain biker was rescued from a remote area of the Crawford…
Central Okanagan search and rescue teams respond twice on Victoria Day
KELOWNA – An injured mountain biker and a missing woman were both rescued within 90…
Deceased dirt biker found in Bear Creek area
KELOWNA – Yesterday afternoon search crews and emergency workers combined efforts to recover a deceased…
Woman in medical distress evacuated from lodge in Pennask Summit area
KELOWNA – What started out as a routine call turned into a long night for…
Injured cyclist rescued on Myra Canyon trestles near Kelowna
KELOWNA – An injured mountain biker was rescued on the Kettle Valley Railway trails in…
Search and Rescue saves West Kelowna ATV rider with helicopter
PENTICTON – Search and Rescue crews came to the aid of an injured ATV rider…
Man whose body was found in Myra Canyon identified
KELOWNA – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man whose body was found at…
Unprepared hiker rescued near West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – A lost hiker was rescued by emergency crews in Rose Valley north…
Lost skier rescued on back of Big White mountain
KELOWNA – A skier separated from his group in the backcountry at Big White Ski Resort spent the night in a warm bed instead of a snow bank. Central Okanagan Search and Rescue volunteers were called out last night, Dec. 20, when the man became separated from his group while skiing on the backside of...
Snowmobiler rescued after machine breaks down near Big White
KELOWNA - A snowmobile operator became disoriented and lost after walking away from his machine when it broke down Sunday night. The man was riding alone in the area south of the Big White village when the machine broke down. He attempted to walk out but ended up spending several hours walking in the wrong...
Missing snowboarder rescued at Big White
KELOWNA – Volunteers from two Search and Rescue organizations in the Okanagan sprang into action when a snowboarder at Big White Ski Resort was reported missing last night, Nov. 28. The big worry was the lost snowboarder wasn’t dressed to survive with the below freezing temperatures on the mountain overnight. Penticton Search and Rescue members...
Injured snowmobiler rescued near Peachland
PEACHLAND – A snowmobiler is recovering in hospital after falling off his machine and suffering serious injuries. Just before midnight, Friday, Feb.27, volunteers from the search and rescue outfits in Kelowna and Penticton responded to help ambulance paramedics get to the injured man who had been snowmobiling in the Headwaters area west of Peachland. The...
UPDATE: Air rescue called for injured sledder in backcountry east of Kelowna
KELOWNA – Two snowmobiles crashed in the Greystokes Protected Area east of Kelowna Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, sending search and rescue teams into the backcountry to rescue an injured sledder. Duane Tresnich with Central Okanagan Search and Rescue says two snowmobile teams were deployed to the popular winter recreation area near Mount Jubilee along with...