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SAR News
• Parks Canada hosts two table-top exercises ... (more)
• Canadian Safe Boating Council recognition awards ... (more)
• Provincial support for a National Avalanche Centre ... (more)
• New SAR Skills Handbook ... (more)
• New portable water safety campaign in Québec ... (more)
• New Canadian Directory of Emergency Services ... (more)
• Harry Strong receives Order of Canada ... (more)
• SAR Mission Management System wins award ... (more)
• Lifesaving Society's 2003 National Drowning Trends Report Released ... (more)
• Six Labradors take historic flight ... (more)
• Upcoming Events

Ground SAR
• Pre-incident mental conditioning

SAR Awards
• Paul Olmstead wins 2003 Outstanding SAR Achievement Award

SAR Profiles
• Sault Ste. Marie SAR and the 2003 Eco-Challenge
• Mélisandre Shanks, Canadian Coast Guard, Québec Region

New SAR Initiatives Fund
• PFD loaner program gains momentum
• Ground SAR "Bible" translated into French
• New tidal atlas for sea kayakers
• Remote sensing shoreline for Northern Labrador
• Enhanced low-light visible infra-red surveillance system

Air SAR
• 103 Squadron wins first Cormorant Trophy

Interoperability
• Ten agencies take part in simulated disaster in Toronto Harbour
• 103 Squadron Wins Diamond Trophy at Gander SAREX
• Arctic SAREX 2003 unites American, Russian and Canadian Forces SAR units