by Fundraising Manager | Oct 28, 2025 | HQ News, News, News Release
Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) has been awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Maritime Achievement, presented at a ceremony at Government House in Victoria on October 21. Each year, the award honours several individuals and one organization...
by Fundraising Manager | Sep 25, 2025 | HQ News, News, News Release
In the last year, Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Volunteers set aside work, family and sleep to conduct over 450 search and rescue missions along BC’s coastline and in the Shuswap. Their actions resulted in the rescue of 74 boaters who found themselves...
by Jineane Eason | Sep 18, 2021 | Community, Crew, Featured, HQ News, Volunteer Recognition
The Honourable Janet Austin, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and Honorary Patron of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) shared a special message to RCMSAR volunteers at this year’s 2021 AGM and Volunteer Awards ceremony that took...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 15, 2018 | HQ News
Latest Type I Sea Trials The newest Type I commenced sea trials January 19 on a blustery day off Sidney. The latest Type I was built for RCMSAR Station Victoria and sea trials were conducted by Bruce Falkins, Earl Shirley and David Best. The vessel performed...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 7, 2018 | Featured, HQ News
See RCMSAR’s rescue and prevention activities for 2017, including details on partnerships, how we support our volunteers, financial support and future plans. Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue is a volunteer-based organization that operates more than 30...
by Geeks on the Beach | Jan 1, 2018 | Featured, HQ News
What is the Readiness Project? The Readiness Project is a multi-year project intended to improve operational readiness across the entire organization in three pillars: training, personnel and support. Our approach to the project is to use evidence-based information to...
