Vernon Search And Rescue 2015
Vernon Search and Rescue shatters record for number of call-outs in a year
VERNON – Vernon Search and Rescue was called upon more in 2015 than ever before…
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...
UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman found dead
UPDATE: 10 A.M. DEC. 24, 2015 The search for missing Vernon woman Aurelia Wedenig has ended in tragedy. Police say her body was found Dec. 23, 2015. Read more here. ORIGINAL STORY VERNON – Police are concerned about the safety of a woman who went missing from a mental health facility in Vernon yesterday, Dec. 18....
Victim of fatal snowmobile crash near Sicamous identified
KELOWNA - The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in a snowmobile accident near Sicamous. He was David Mark Yule, 49, from Blind Bay, a small community on the southwest shore of Shuswap Lake. Yule was operating a snowmobile on Owl Head Mountain, about 25 km southeast of Sicamous at...