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The importance of using a compass and leaving a trip plan were just two of the messages Calgary Search and Rescue was hoping to get out during its second annual outdoor show.

(Editors note: This story concludes The Daily Couriers countdown of the Top Five News Stories for the Central Okanagan in 2023. The other four were: Tiny homes coming for homeless;

More than 250 emergency professionals from 39 agencies took part in training Thursday to test their ability to respond to a mass casualty disaster.

Rescue crews from across the country were in the Penticton this week for heavy urban search and rescue training.

Fresh off a real deployment to the B.C. Southern Interior, members of a top Canadian search-and-rescue team are in Penticton this week for training.

“The exercise will simulate a provincial response to an extreme weather event where multiple technical rescues are required,” said the city.

The total number of structures confirmed to have been destroyed or damaged by a wildfire in B.C.s Shuswap region has risen to more than 200, according to local officials who say the complete toll is still unknown

Most evacuation orders triggered by Bush Creek East blaze being downgraded to alerts this week

Most evacuation orders triggered by Bush Creek East blaze being downgraded to alerts this week

Social media posts claim a photo of emergency response personnel wearing blue helmets in British Columbia shows that the United Nations' diplomatic security force is mediating between civilians and officials over wildfire evacuation orders. This is false; law enforcement agencies say UN peacekeepers were not in the Canadian province, and that the workers pictured are from local rescue operations.