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CBC
07-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Man missing after trying to retrieve volleyball from Kamloops, B.C., river
Rescue crews are continuing their search for a man along the Thompson River in Kamloops, B.C., after he went missing Sunday night. The man was playing volleyball at Overlander Park when the ball went into the water, says Paula Davis, search manager with Kamloops Search and Rescue. Davis says the man went to retrieve the ball in the river, where he began to struggle. "Friends jumped in to try to help him but they were also ... struggling as well," Davis told host Shelley Joyce on CBC's Daybreak Kamloops. "The friends were able to get themselves to safety, but unfortunately the young man wasn't able to." Davis says the man was in his mid-20s, but didn't provide any further details about him. CBC News has reached out to Kamloops RCMP for more information. Overlander Park is located in the city's North Shore neighbourhood, right by the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers. Davis says Kamloops Fire and Rescue did a sweep of the area from the park to the airport Sunday night and did not find the man. Kamloops SAR continued the search by kayak and deployed a drone, but were also unsuccessful. The search continued Monday morning, with Vernon Search and Rescue expected to assist. Davis says they'll search the area where the man was last seen and continue downstream, but says poor visibility in the river could hamper their efforts. Davis also warns the river is "very dangerous this time of year" due to its currents. The only designated river swimming beach in Kamloops is Riverside Park, across the river from Overlander Park. "You don't want to underestimate it, that's for sure," she says. "It's really best to stay out of the water unless you're in an area that has pretty much no current." Davis is asking the public to stay out of the search areas while rescue crews work Monday.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
B.C. search and rescue crews save dog stuck on cliff
Volunteers with Central Okanagan Search and Rescue say they had a busy Sunday night, when crews responded to two calls at the same time. The first task entailed helping Mounties find and extract a person in the McCullough Lake area, according to the organization. For the second, crews braved strong winds, thunder and lightning to rescue a dog that was trapped on a cliff near Oyama Lookout in Lake Country. COSAR's rope team and two Vernon Search and Rescue members teamed up to reach the stranded dog after its owner 'managed to self-rescue.' COSAR Crews rescue a stranded dog near Oyama Lookout. (Central Okanagan Search and Rescue/Facebook) 'Despite difficult weather and a very skittish pup, the team of 12 successfully brought the dog to safety and reunited her with her owner,' reads a Monday social media post. COSAR says the dog was taken to the vet for a check-up as a precaution.
