Search underway for snowmobiler missing near B.C.-Yukon border
Mounties are searching for a snowmobiler from Whitehorse who went missing near the British Columbia-Yukon boundary.
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Mounties are searching for a snowmobiler from Whitehorse who went missing near the British Columbia-Yukon boundary.
www.cbc.caA multi-organizational, coordinated effort resulted in the rescue of three stranded snowmobilers near Upper Tetagouche Lake, N.B. On February 17, 2025, at approximately 12 p.m., members of the Campbellton RCMP Detachment received a report of three individuals who were stranded on their snowmobiles near Upper Tetagouche Lake. At the time of the call, they had been stranded for approximately fifteen hours.
rcmp.caThe B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Monday the body of 42-year-old Travis Allen Brown, from Drayton Valley, Alta., was found after a snowmobile incident near Revelstoke Dec. 5.
globalnews.caOn May 8, 2026 at approximately 10 pm Atlin RCMP received report from the Haines Junction RCMP of a missing snowmobiler in Haines Pass who failed to meet up with his party. A Whitehorse resident reported that her brother and two friends had gone snowmobiling near Haines Summit. The three snowmobilers set out to retrieve a broken down snowmachine from the area in northwestern BC, along the Yukon border.
rcmp.caA search for a missing snowmobiler is underway in the Cape Breton Highlands, but high winds and blowing snow are complicating rescue efforts.
www.cbc.caMan was buried in one of two deadly avalanches in B.C. backcountry on Sunday
www.theglobeandmail.comRCMP have worked closely with partner agencies to leverage assets which may be in the area, to include observation of the area of interest and note any evidence which may indicate the location of the two missing persons. The Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) has continued to provide aerial updates on the area of interest. Earlier in the year, they provided updated weather and ice conditions after patrols near the area. They also flew specific patrols to further search the area...
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