Author of the article: Marie Conboy Publishing date: Jan 11, 2021 • January 13, 2021 • 2 minute read • Last year proved to be a challenging year for all Canadian Search and rescue programs, including the Canmore and Golden services. COVID-19 had a dramatic effect on the way operations were carried out, but did not seem to slow the volume of calls last summer, with a total of 251 missions counted in 2020, and with 108 of those calls being longline missions requiring the Boost Human External Cargo Systems. Alpine Helicopters Facebook photo. jpg, BA Article content Last year proved to be a challenging year for all Canadian search and rescue programs, including the Canmore and Golden services.