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Search teams called to rescue injured hiker in Peachland
Several emergency and search and rescue organizations teamed up last night to help a rock…
Lost hiker in South Okanagan did ‘all the right things’
Penticton Search and Rescue responded to a call for a lost hiker earlier this week.…
Phone app helps rescuers find injured hiker near Penticton
Members of Penticton Search and Rescue and the Penticton Fire Department came to the rescue…
UPDATE: Hiker missing in Kelowna since Saturday located
The hiker who went missing on Little White Mountain on Saturday has been located. The…
Kamloops hiker gets rare, close-up look at cougar
A Kamloops hiker enjoying the warm weather yesterday found herself looking directly at a cougar.…
Injured hiker rescued from Dilworth Mountain in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Kelowna Fire Department crews rescued a hiker with significant lower body injuries yesterday…
Military called to assist with Kelowna area mountainside rescue
KELOWNA – A military helicopter was called in last night after search and rescue crews…
Dirt biking high school student helps rescue Kelowna woman with dislocated hip
KELOWNA – The Kelowna woman who was rescued from a hiking trail in the Upper…
Kelowna firefighters use ATV Gator to rescue injured hiker
KELOWNA – A hiker was exploring the Jake Smith Lake area in upper mission today…
RCMP come to the aid of dehydrated hiker in Kelowna park
KELOWNA – A sick and dehydrated hiker was helped out of Okanagan Mountain Park by…
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...
Two hikers injured near Ellis Creek Canyon in last 24 hours
PENTICTON - Search and Rescue is conducting a medical evacuation for a woman who fractured her leg while hiking on the Ellis Canyon Trail. Fifteen Ground and Rope team members along with two Rescue trucks were dispatched to the area. PENSAR First Responders conducted emergency First Aid to stabilize and prepare the female patient for evacuation,...