An ice fisherman was rescued by RCMP this past weekend after his ATV had broken through the ice in the Winnipeg River.
A permanent Manitoba crew of 14 paramedics, nurses and pilots is now responding to emergency calls across the province with the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) helicopter ambulance.
On August 30, 2010, at about 4:30pm, Bloodvein RCMP were dispatched to the ferry dock at Bloodvein, Manitoba.
RCMP were able to locate and recover four snowmobilers who were missing since April 16, 2010.
On March 15, 2010, at about 8:30am, Poplar River RCMP received a call from a commercial carrier that one of their truck drivers had not returned when expected from St. Theresa Point FN.
On August 3, 2009 at 11:15am, RCMP Bloodvein Detachment were notified that three 17-year-old girls from Minnesota were missing from a canoe trip while on the Pigeon River.
On August 1, 2009, shortly before 8am, Ashern RCMP received a call advising that two boaters were missing and overdue by 18 hours.
On June 22nd, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., Thompson RCMP were notified by an international call centre of a distress alert from a GPS emergency beacon.
On June 8, 2009 at 6:40 p.m., RCMP Churchill Detachment members received a dispatch call that an unknown intoxicated male wearing runners and no jacket was wailing out on the Churchill River estuary towards the open water.
