by Fundraising Manager | Jul 11, 2024 | News
Just after 10:00 pm, our team was paged to assist with two jet skis that had broken down. The on-call crew quickly mustered at the boathouse and, following a briefing, departed the base 20 minutes later. It took about 15 minutes to arrive in the area, where we...
by Fundraising Manager | Jul 11, 2024 | News
One of our stations got a page one evening in response to a PanPan* call. A concerned citizen called for assistance after observing a sailing vessel aground on the outer breakwater near her home, and hearing the person on board calling for help. In less than 20...
by Fundraising Manager | Jul 11, 2024 | News
Late one overcast and rainy afternoon, we were paged to rescue a mother and two young children who had been stranded on Sidney Island, off the east coast of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island. They were part of a larger camping group that had been partially...