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Kamloops Search and Rescue nearly doubles volunteer base after memorable year

KAMLOOPS - With a wide variety of calls, including some that did not end well, it was a memorable year for local search and rescue volunteers, and with 22 new recruits now in training, 2016 is also shaping up to be a memorable year. Last year Kamloops Search and Rescue was called out on about...

UPDATE: Kamloops Search and Rescue find snowmobiler near Wells Gray

KAMLOOPS - Members from the Kamloops Search and Rescue Team have found a snowmobiler who went missing near Wells Gray Provincial Park yesterday, Dec. 22. Alan Hobler, a manager with the local team, says three members travelled to Dunn Peak, a trail area east of Wells Gray Park, today, Dec. 23, to help search for...

Kamloops search manager keen to get drones approved for search and rescue missions

KAMLOOPS - They’ve been used to capture birds-eye view images and to find hotspots from a wildfire, and following a successful test run this weekend drones could soon be used on search and rescue missions in B.C. as well. Kamloops Search and Rescue and local startup Hummingbird Drones partnered on a training mission this past...

UPDATE: Woman possibly missing near Adams Lake found

KAMLOOPS - The woman reported missing earlier this week in the Adams Lake area has been located. The woman, who was camping with her boyfriend when she was reported missing on Wednesday was found last night, Sept. 18, according to Kamloops Search and Rescue. Alan Hobler with the volunteer service said yesterday that Barriere and...

How not to treat search and rescuers

TWO LOST PEOPLE NEAR KAMLOOPS WHO WOULDN'T FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS KAMLOOPS - Two people who were lost in the woods south of Kamloops after their car got stuck on a back road last night found a ride into town. Alan Hobler of Kamloops Search and Rescue says RCMP called them out around 5 a.m. to help...

UPDATE: Body of missing woman found by search and rescue teams in Juniper Ridge

FOUL PLAY NOT SUSPECTED KAMLOOPS - Search and Rescue members along with the Kamloops RCMP have found the body of a woman who had been missing since Sunday. Lyla 'Jeannie' Brace, 47, was last seen at her home on Sunday evening, Aug. 30. Her vehicle was found abandoned in the Juniper area last night, Aug....

Two men who died in Spences Bridge crash identified

KAMLOOPS - Two men are dead after the vehicle they were in left the roadway and rolled down a steep embankment near Spences Bridge last week. The B.C. Coroners Service says Morris Nicholas Wilson Sr., 47, and his son Morris Nicholas Wilson Jr., 24, were in a Jeep Grand Cherokee heading eastbound on Drinkwater Road...

Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan

PENTICTON - The search for two Ontario hikers missing since Monday in the Similkameen is escalating as the search enters its third full day. Keremeos RCMP first received a report about two hikers overdue to return to the Cathedral Lakes Lodge in the Similkameen Mountains southwest of Keremeos at 8:36 p.m. Monday, June 22. Lynne...

UPDATE: Fisherman found after being stranded overnight

KAMLOOPS - Two men who were planning to go fishing for the day Tuesday, June 9, were left stranded on the side of the road overnight after their truck broke down. The two men told family they were heading out to fish for the day Tuesday, June 9, but did not return home, leading to...

UPDATE: Camper missing in Merritt area found

MERRITT – A barefoot camper missing in the bush northeast of Merritt has been found. Search and rescue teams from Kamloops and Merritt were called to the Plateau Lake area, Sunday, June 7 to look for the missing man who had been last seen at around 7 p.m. on Saturday. Plateau Lake is about 50 kilometres...

Kamloops search and rescue going to the dogs

A LOOK AT THE ONLY VALIDATED SAR DOGS IN SOUTHERN INTERIOR KAMLOOPS - If you’re lost, they can help find you. If you’re hurt, they can help save you. They are some of the most important, yet underrated members of search and rescue teams and there are less than 20 of them in the entire...

SAR teams look for closure in cold case

LYTTON - It was nine months since a Lytton man was last seen and on Sunday local search and rescue crews hoped to finally solve the mystery of his disappearance and bring closure to his family. Gordon Davis, 87, was last seen riding his ATV on Aug. 30, 2014. Two days later his ATV was...

UPDATE: Mushroom picker last seen Saturday near Lytton located

KAMLOOPS - A mushroom picker last seen near Lytton on Saturday was found safely this early this afternoon. Kamloops Search and Rescue were called in to assist Merritt Search and Rescue members, along with Logan Lake Search and Rescue, in looking for the person in the Botanie Valley area near Lytton. Kamloops Search Manager Alan...

UPDATE: Missing campers safe in Adams Lake area

KAMLOOPS – Campers are now safe and sound after reporting their locaton to Search and Rescue team members looking for them. Search manager Alan Hobler says the team began the search around 12:40 p.m., May 24, after a woman didn’t return home from a camping trip. The missing woman’s mother told police her daughter was...

Body of missing man recovered in South Thompson River

KAMLOOPS - Police located the body of a 58-year-old man who was reported missing May 18.  Cpl. Chery Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says investigators recovered the man's body the afternoon of May 20 from the South Thompson River.  Police asked the public for information earlier this week after the man's truck...

Kamloops Search and Rescue on standby in search of missing man

KAMLOOPS - Victoria Day was a busy one for Kamloops Search and Rescue as members assisted an injured hiker and remain on standby in search of a missing man. Alan Hobler with the service said the team rescued an injured woman on a trail near Paul Lake. Hobler said the woman slipped on small pebbles...

UPDATE: Search called off after Kamloops family returns home safely

UPDATE: 8:31 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the family has returned home safely. 7:18 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A family of four has gone missing near McLure and helicopter search crews are scouring the area in hopes of locating them. Kamloops Search and Rescue was called in around...