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Search And Rescue
Searchers find missing woman in Naramata
NARAMATA – Searchers found a missing woman in the Kettle Valley Rail Trail area in Naramata this morning. Search and rescue volunteers from Naramata and Penticton were called out to find the missing woman in the Arawana Forestry Road area, Nov. 8., according to witness reports. The woman was found cold and wet by Naramata...
Penticton search and rescue help find lost hikers and a missing person
PENTICTON - The volunteers with Penticton Search and Rescue were called out twice last night to find lost hikers, and then to find a missing person. Two young women from Quebec were hiking near Brent Mountain yesterday afternoon, Sept. 20, when they became disoriented and lost, according to a media release from Penticton Search and...
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...
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...
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...
Search and rescue called in to locate missing geocacher
CACHE CREEK - A geocacher who couldn’t find her way back out of the bush is relying on Kamloops Search and Rescue members to help her get back to her vehicle Tuesday. Search Manager Alan Hobler says a woman geocaching on a forest service road near Hat Creek, just north of Cache Creek, was out...