March 28, 2024

Rescue volunteers honoured at Sechelt memorial

About 1,500 citizens and first responders gathered in Sechelt to remember two fallen members of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. Angie Nemeth and Beatrice Sorenson were on a training exercise two weeks ago when their inflatable boat overturned on some rapids. They were found dead under the hull. "Really today was, I think, about pride … [Read more...]

Coast Guard volunteers died after boat capsizes off Sechelt Inlet

Two Coast Guard volunteers have died after their boat capsized off the Sunshine Coast. Officials with the Joint Rescue Communications Centre say a zodiac carrying four people flipped in the Skookumchuck Narrows at Sechelt Inlet. The men on board were rescued right away, but the women, members of the Coast Guard auxiliary, were found under the hull, … [Read more...]