Logan Lake Seeking Assistance in Obtaining Funds (Oct 26 2011 - 20:00) -- Help support Logan Lake SAR in their attempts to secure funds thru the Aviva Community Fund sponsors... read more

BCSARA/North Shore Rescue Member to be Awarded the Order of BC (Sep 03 2011 - 20:00) -- BCSARA and North Shore Rescue Team Member Tim Jones will receive the Order of BC along with 13 other... read more

Memorial Information Update as of July 19, 2011 1700hrs (Jul 19 2011 - 17:00) -- Plans have been made for an honours procession and memorial service to honour fa... read more

Updated Sheilah Sweatman Memorial Information *NOTE NEW TIMES* (Jul 15 2011 - 08:00) -- Emergency Services Memorial Procession from Airport Muster Station to the Lakeside Park Playing Fiel... read more

The Sweatman Family Mourn the Loss of Sheilah Sweatman (Jul 10 2011 - 19:00) -- On Friday July 8, 2011 family, friends, the SAR community and the general public gathered in Winnip... read more

Sheila Sweatman Nelson Memorial (Jul 09 2011 - 15:00) -- Memorial Announcement:The Memorial for Sheilah Sweatman will be held on Saturday July 23, 2011. ... read more

Email address for Messages of Condolences for Sheila Sweatman (Jul 03 2011 - 11:00) -- Anyone interested in sending a message of condolence to Nelson SAR for Sheilah Sweatman can email:ne... read more

Province mourns loss of Search and Rescue member (Jul 01 2011 - 01:00) -- NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release 2011PREM0082-000815June 30, 2011Office of the Premier Ministry of ... read more

Farewell Linda! (Jun 16 2011 - 20:00) -- For many years the SAR community of BC has been lucky  to have Linda West as "our" on... read more

New Avalanche Policy (May 14 2011 - 15:00) -- The latest EMBC Avalanche Policy has been posted to the Volunteer Area's Electronic Library under &q... read more

Thompson Okanagan Region Election Campaign Document Posted (Feb 11 2011 - 21:00) -- In the Volunteer Area go to the Electronic Library to view the Campaign Poster

Central Fraser Valley SAR Hovercraft to be Featured on Discovery Channel Canada (Jan 12 2011 - 00:00) -- Wednesday January 19 at 5pm pacific 8pm eastern (8pm eastern), a new show on "Discovery Channel... read more

Condolences to the BC Ambulance Service (Oct 19 2010 - 23:00) -- The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association wishes to express our deepest sympathies to the f... read more

First BCSARA Newsletter Posted to BCSARA Site (Oct 18 2010 - 22:00) -- With many thanks to Vancouver Island North Regional Director, Grant Cromer, be sure to check out the... read more

SEARCH AND RESCUE SAY PLAY SAFE AND PLAN AHEAD (Sep 03 2010 - 14:00) --    VICTORIA – Following what has already been a busy summer, the B.C. Search... read more

B.C. vows to cover liability insurance for backcountry Search and Rescue Groups (from Global TV) (Mar 30 2010 - 17:00) -- VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has agreed to cover indefinitely ... read more

SAR Log Book and Field Handbooks are being shipped! (Nov 27 2009 - 14:00) -- At long last the SAR Training and Operational Record Books and the Ground and Inland Water SAR Field... read more

Search and rescue groups want Ottawa to help pay for liability insurance (Oct 20 2009 - 14:00) -- From the Canadian Press EDMONTON _ Search-and-rescue groups say they want the federal governmen... read more

Latest SARVAC Documents posted to Volunteer Area (Oct 15 2009 - 20:00) -- The latest and greatest from SARVAC (SAR Volunteer Association of Canada) has been posted to the Bul... read more

Government Press Releases Posted to Bulletin Board (Aug 24 2009 - 15:00) -- 2 Government Press Releases from today have been posted to the Bulletin Board of the website as well... read more

Accessing the Volunteers Area (Jun 21 2009 - 16:00) -- If you are a member of a PEP recognized BC SAR Group and don't have access to the Volunteer's Area o... read more

REMINDER!! Apply for Gaming funds! (Jun 15 2009 - 07:00) -- Applications for Gaming "Direct Access" Grants must be sent to Gaming Policy and Enforceme... read more

Spring 2009 JIBC SAR Training Newsletter (May 13 2009 - 15:00) -- Check out the training section on the bulletin board for the latest news from the JIBC SAR Training ... read more

BCSARA Board Meeting and AGM Minutes (May 08 2009 - 09:00) -- The minutes of the meeting held in Victoria on April 24-26, 2009 are posted on Bulletin Board in the... read more

BCSARA AGM Held in Victoria (Apr 26 2009 - 20:00) -- The Annual General Meeting of the BC SAR Association was held during the annual PEP Volunteer Apprec... read more

Don Bindon Re-elected as President of BCSARA. (Mar 31 2009 - 11:00) -- Don Bindon was successfully re-elected as the President of the BC Search and Rescue Association for ... read more

Rope Rescue Team Leader/Member Course - Terrace (Mar 24 2009 - 08:00) -- A Rope Rescue Course will be held in Terrace on May 29-31, 2009.  Please see the calendar for m... read more

Ground Search Team Leader - Prince George (Mar 24 2009 - 08:00) -- Reminder - that the application deadline is March 29 for the  Ground Search Team Leader course ... read more

Rope TM/TL Evaluation in Nelson (Mar 24 2009 - 08:00) -- There will be a Rope Rescue Team Member/Team Leader Evaluation in Nelson on May 29-31, 200... read more

Whitney Numan - Candidate for BCSARA President Campaign Document Posted to Electronic Library (Feb 23 2009 - 20:00) -- Whitney Numan, candidate for President of BCSARA, has posted his campaign document to the BCSARA web... read more

2009 Winter JIBC SAR Newsletter (Feb 17 2009 - 17:00) -- The latest JIBC SAR Newsletter has been posted to the Electronic Library under "Training".

Rope Evaluation Announced for Kamloops (Feb 16 2009 - 11:00) -- There will be a Rope Rescue Team Member/Leader evaluation in Kamloops from April 24-26.  More i... read more

Don Bindon - Candidate for BCSARA President Campaign Document Posted to Electronic Library (Feb 15 2009 - 10:00) -- Don Bindon, candidate for President of BCSARA, has posted his campaign document to the BCSARA websit... read more

Recent Course Announcements Added to Calendar (Feb 10 2009 - 13:00) -- 2 OAR and 1 Track Aware course have been announced.  Check out the Calendar in the Volunteer Ar... read more

2009-2010 PEP Academy SAR Training Calendar posted. (Feb 06 2009 - 18:00) -- The 2009-2010 PEP Academy SAR Training Calendar has been posted to the Training section of the Elect... read more

January Chilliwack Meeting Minutes posted to Bulletin Board (Feb 04 2009 - 15:00) -- The January meeting minutes have been posted to the Bulletin Board in the member's only section. 

3 Cancelled OAR Courses Reinstated With Funding from PEP (Feb 02 2009 - 15:00) -- We are pleased to announce that PEP has provided funding for 3 OARTM courses in the same locations (... read more

New Categories added to Bulletin Board (Jan 28 2009 - 13:00) -- New categories have been added to the BCSARA Bulletin Board including:1) Team Leadership - please po... read more

BCSARA on FaceBook (Jan 25 2009 - 19:00) -- For those Facebook junkies out there BCSARA now has a "Fan Site".  You can find this ... read more

New Web Links Added! (Jan 25 2009 - 19:00) -- By popular demand links have been added to the SAR Links section for:BCSARIS - the PEP task report d... read more

Now accepting nominations for Executive Officers (Dec 30 2008 - 10:00) -- The Board is now accepting nominations for the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer and... read more

New JIBC SAR Program Assistant (Nov 04 2008 - 08:00) -- The JIBC has announced that Paula Tsui was the successful candidate for the JIBC SAR Program Assista... read more

JIBC Organized Avalanche Response Courses (Oct 16 2008 - 07:00) -- It has recently come to the attention of the JIBC that there may be some misunderstanding about the ... read more

SAR Training Survey is now Launched!! (Oct 15 2008 - 09:00) -- Please submit your annual SAR Training Needs Survey by November 9th.  The link to the surv... read more

New JIBC SAR Coordinator Announced (Sep 09 2008 - 04:00) -- We would first like to take this opportunity to thank Dennette Frisby for her great efforts to keep ... read more

2009 SAR Alberta Conference (Jul 20 2008 - 17:00) -- Check out the Event Calendar for more details on the 2009 SAR Alberta Conference in Stony Plain.

The Search is on for a new JIBC SAR Coordinator (Jun 26 2008 - 16:00) -- Think you have what it takes to help train and coordinate some of the best SAR programs in North Ame... read more

BCSARA Member Becomes Canadian Forces SAR Tech. (Jun 19 2008 - 22:00) -- Taken from the Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue Graduation Brochure:Private Mike Neilson ... read more

BCSARA Welcomes New Officers and Directors (Apr 25 2008 - 15:00) -- At the AGM of the BC Search and Rescue Association there were several new faces introduced to the cu... read more

North Vancouver - North Shore Rescuers Awarded For Heroic Effort (Apr 11 2008 - 10:00) -- On Friday, April 11th, 2008, three members of North Shore Rescue will get special Officer in Charge ... read more

CFVSAR Benefit Concert (Mar 05 2008 - 22:00) -- Friday March 14, 6pm at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.As a result of the generosity of local mus... read more

Hug A Tree and Survive Video Shot in BC (Feb 25 2008 - 10:00) -- SAR Members from Kent Harrison, Central Fraser Valley, Coquitlam, Surrey, and Arrowsmith were assist... read more

Surrey SAR Member Recognized For Her Quick Actions (Jan 30 2008 - 11:00) -- Imagine you are climbing with a friend. Everything is getting set up and you can't wait to get at th... read more

Northwest Regional Training (Dec 06 2007 - 22:00) -- The Northwest Region has completed its plan for the funds allocated Under the Regional Director’s ... read more

Southwest East Region SAR Groups Train in Hover Exit/Entry (Nov 24 2007 - 07:00) -- On November 17, 2007 18 members from teams in the SouthWest "East" region travelled to Hope, BC to t... read more

New Vice President and New Board Member (Oct 10 2007 - 10:00) -- Graham Knox, Regional Director for Vancouver Island South will replace Ron Gaudet as Vice President ... read more

BCSARA Sponsors Avalanche Rescue Resource Directory (Nov 01 2005 - 12:00) -- The B.C. Search and Rescue Association is again proudly sponsoring the Canadian Avalanche Associatio... read more

Cospas-Sarsat has moved to Montreal (Nov 01 2005 - 12:00) -- Cospas-Sarsat is a satellite system designed to provide distress alert and location data to assist s... read more

National Search and Rescue Secretariate SAR Stamp (Jun 17 2005 - 07:00) -- A new 50-cent stamp will be unveiled on June 13, 2005 in Victoria to honour search and rescue in Can... read more

AdventureSmart Program Launched (Nov 23 2004 - 18:00) -- "Get Informed & Go Outdoors" is the theme of AdventureSmart, a new British Columbia Provincial Gover... read more