With the Easter long weekend quickly approaching, Okanagan search and rescue crews are urging people not to venture into the backcountry. “It’s very tempting with the sunshine to be out there and enjoy it, but we have to make sure we stay on top of this thing,” Dan Schlosser, president of Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR), said of battling the spread of COVID-19.
Schlosser told Global News that not only should people be following public health orders to stay at home, but that getting hurt or lost while in the backcountry could pose a challenge. “If we do get a call out, it makes things that much harder because you know, of the conditions out there and the lack of people out there,” Schlosser said. “For example, if somebody went