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To the Rescue

Summary: The search & rescue system (SAR) in Canada is an emergency in the making. Ironically, the very system that should be ready to help us when we're lost or injured in the great Canadian wilderness is sending out its own SOS call. Stretched to its limits by the combination of an increasing number of outdoor adventurers and shrinking budgets, the SAR system relies to a massive extent on volunteers. Their skill and daring are impressive, but they're putting their life on the line with every call - and sacrificing work and family commitments, all without pay. Expectations of the patchwork system are also higher than ever because "weekend warriors" think they can call 911 or trigger a locator beacon from even the most remote wilderness. The traditional code of self-reliance is becoming lost, replaced by a false sense of security. To the Rescue searches for the answer to an urgent question: who's coming to the rescue of Canada's haphazard search and rescue system?

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (43 min 51 sec)
    remote
    video
    electronic
  • Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2014

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General Note:
From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to Curio subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note: Producer: Ridout, Sue ; Writer: Slinger, Helen ; Director: Wood, Melanie.
Participant or Performer Note: Host: MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-.
Target Audience Note:
12-14.
System Details Note:
Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/df43e743-7ecf-40ce-9b61-d93718e60c25
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
CBC/Radio Canada has perpetual access rights to this streaming content.
Language Note:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Subject: Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- Canada
Tourism
Search and rescue operations -- Canada
Civics -- Study and teaching
Adventure travel -- Canada

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