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Deceased dirt biker found in Bear Creek area
KELOWNA – Yesterday afternoon search crews and emergency workers combined efforts to recover a deceased…
Search crews find missing Kelowna senior seven kilometres from home
KELOWNA – Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crews hit the streets last night in Kelowna…
Rope rescue team saves Kelowna couple and dog trapped in ravine
KELOWNA – Kelowna firefighters rushed to the aid of a couple hiking with their dog…
Injured cyclist rescued on Myra Canyon trestles near Kelowna
KELOWNA – An injured mountain biker was rescued on the Kettle Valley Railway trails in…
Searchers find body of missing Kelowna woman near Big White
KELOWNA - RCMP confirm the body of the missing Kelowna woman has been found in the Big White area but her death is not considered suspicious. Megan Doyle was last seen Friday, Sept. 11, in Kelowna at around 6:30 p.m. Her sister, Paige Doyle, as well as members of RCMP, friends and family, were in...
COSAR tips for back country travel
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With the risk of avalanche slowly increasing over the last week in the regions surrounding the Thompson-Okanagan, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue have some tips to help keep you safe in the back country. Avalanche.ca reports the risk of avalanche to be “considerable” in the Kootenay Boundary and South and North Columbia regions....
Hiker rescued in Rose Valley Regional Park
WEST KELOWNA – The B.C. Ambulance Service called in the search and rescue volunteers Friday afternoon to rescue a woman who hurt her ankle while hiking in Rose Valley Regional Park in West Kelowna. The woman, in her late 50s, had hiked to the top of the Bitter Root trail and on her way down...
Boaters rescued after accidental overnighter
KELOWNA – Members of Central Okanagan Search and Rescue were called to assist in the rescue of two people who became stranded after an evening of boating Monday. COSAR vice president Duane Tresnich says RCMP requested help searching a remote area of Okanagan Lake north of Rattlesnake Island after a report the engine of a...
Happy ending to missing dementia patient
KELOWNA — An 81-year-old man who walked away from his home at 1 a.m. today was found four hours later. Kelowna RCMP called in the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team to help find the dementia patient around the Glen Meadow Rd area of Glenmore. They conducted an urban search of the neighbourhoods around his...