Ksar 2016

UPDATE: Search and rescue team called off after overturned boat spotted in river near Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS – A boat floating down the Thompson River near Ashcroft had Kamloops Search and…

UPDATE: Elderly man pinned by pickup rescued after 32 hours on back road north of Barriere
BARRIERE – A Barriere area man is in hospital recovering after he was pinned by…

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…

Family rescued at Sun Peaks makes big donation
KAMLOOPS – A family of skiers rescued by helicopter from an avalanche zone at Sun…

Elderly dog falls over cliff, may be in lake south of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Rescuers are heading to a lake south of Kamloops to help rescue an…

Kamloops Search and Rescue: Person stranded near Ross Moore Lake in medical distress
KAMLOOPS – Search and rescue members are heading out to rescue three people who got…

Gertie the German shepherd latest addition to Kamloops Search and Rescue team
KAMLOOPS – Local volunteers have a new search and rescue member to add to their…

Two snowmobilers buried by avalanche north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – An avalanche in an area northwest of Blue River has claimed the lives…

Military search and rescue training set to take place in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Don’t be alarmed if you see a Buffalo or a Cormorant in the…

UPDATE: Family of skiers rescued by RCMP helicopter near Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS – A family of skiers have been airlifted out of an avalanche zone near…

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...