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Helicopter needed to rescue injured ATV rider in Kelowna area
It was a very busy weekend for Central Okanagan Search and Rescue with crews responding…
A helicopter with night-vision goggles would be nice: COSAR
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue believes it has a solution to having to rely on…
Fortis B.C. using low-flying helicopters to inspect natural gas lines
Fortis B.C. will be using low-flying helicopters across the province this summer to to inspect…
iN VIDEO: Too close for comfort: Helicopter hovers near homes in Kamloops
A Kamloops woman is left with more questions than answers after she filmed a helicopter…
Climber airlifted from Skaha Bluffs near Penticton
A man injured while climbing at Skaha Bluffs had to be airlifted to hospital yesterday.…
Medical incident behind helicopter activity at Okanagan prison
B.C. Corrections isn’t saying much about an incident at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver that…
Air ambulance rescue temporarily closes Okanagan highway
PENTICTON – A portion of Highway 3A near Twin Lakes was temporarily closed Saturday afternoon…
PENSAR helicopter rescues injured biker
PENTICTON – A biker is being treated for leg injuries after Penticton Search and Rescue,…
Helicopters to the rescue of rain-soaked Okanagan cherries
KELOWNA – It may be noisy for neighbours, but Okanagan orchardists are calling in the…
Why Okanagan cherry growers are turning to helicopters to save their crops
OKANAGAN – Some Okanagan cherry growers had to take expensive measures to rescue their crops…
Police use helicopter, dog team to search for suspect in downtown Vernon
VERNON – Police activity including the use of a helicopter and the dog team yesterday…
RCMP air support, police dogs deployed in Vernon to catch suspect
VERNON – Police zeroed in on a suspect who “posed an extreme risk to the…
Vernon Search and Rescue members step up to shave down response times
VERNON – As call outs for Vernon Search and Rescue’s helicopter team continue to soar,…
VIDEO: Vernon teens picked up by chopper after getting stuck on cliff
VERNON – Two teens out looking for the perfect vantage point for a photo wound…
UPDATE: Snow biker stranded overnight in North Okanagan brought to safety
NORTH OKANAGAN – Search and rescue crews pulled a stranded snow biker to safety this…
Christmas Day helicopter accident sends one to Kamloops hospital
KAMLOOPS – A Christmas Day helicopter accident sent one person to hospital, but left other…
Driver airlifted to Kamloops hospital following Salmon Arm crash
SALMON ARM – Two people are in hospital after a vehicle swerved across the road,…
RCMP helicopter to leave Kamloops this summer
KAMLOOPS – The two RCMP helicopters that cover the B.C. Interior will be shuffled around…
Hiker rescued from steep terrain near Savona
SAVONA – A man hiking in a steep area near Savona had to be rescued…
Stranded snowmobilers rescued in North Okanagan; on their own dime to retrieve sleds
"WE DON'T RESCUE SNOWMOBILES, WE RESCUE PEOPLE." NORTH OKANAGAN – A group of people exploring…
Intense mock search and rescue exercise with RCAF at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS – Extinguishing fires, parachuting search and rescue technicians and the jaws of life were…
Two snowmobilers, two separate rescues for search teams in the Shuswap
SHUSWAP - Every minute of daylight counted as search and rescue crews raced to the aid of two snowmobilers during two separate incidents in the Shuswap this week. The first call came in around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, with a report of an injured snowmobiler, possibly with a fractured spine, at Blue Lake near...
Kamloops RCMP helicopter is officially moving north
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP helicopter is officially leaving the Kamloops hangar, with a spring 2016 move planned. The local helicopter, which currently covers the Southeast district, will fly to the North District. The move is based on human resources, cost and operational requirements according to Staff Sgt. Rob Vermeulen, a media relations officer for the...
Vernon Search and Rescue deploys helicopter to injured hiker
VERNON - A seriously injured hiker in Kimberly has Vernon Search and Rescue to thank for getting him to the hospital in record time. Leigh Pearson, with Vernon SAR, says the group’s helicopter winch rescue team was deployed on Friday, April 3, for a mutual aid call in Kimberly. After navigating around some bad weather,...