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Arrowsmith Search and Rescue will be able to train for emergencies on the kind of land they tend to get called out to after signing a deal with Mosaic Forest Management for access to private lands on central Vancouver Island.
Erin Giesbrecht, a visitor from the Yukon, issued a thank you via Facebook to members of Arrowsmith Search and Rescue, who helped her after she was injured on the Nile Creek Trail near Qualicum . . .
The Cormorant and a Buffalo aircraft were tasked to the scene, with the Buffalo using flares to illuminate the area since evening had set in. That allowed the Cormorant to hoist the three people aboard. They were transported to Comox, along with search-and-rescue technicians, in two trips. Details of the person’s injuries were not available. Read Related Topics
Three people, including one with injuries, were plucked from Mount Arrowsmith Sunday by a Cormorant helicopter. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre was called to assist Arrowsmith Search and . . .
The new 6,500-square-foot building is standing at the Qualicum Beach Airport, but it has no doors and no floors. Fundraising saw the group collect $680,000 to cover the original planned cost plus another $150,000 for contingency. But rising prices for materials and the impact of COVID-19 on the building sector combined to push total cost up to $1.3 million, meaning the organization is now short nearly $500,000, Rivers said. The organization’s existing small facility at Whiskey Creek is not suitable for any more. There isn’t enough room to carry out operations and it only has onl...