{"id":800616,"date":"2026-07-14T04:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:58:12","slug":"ottawa-puts-1-15m-toward-search-and-rescue-projects-in-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800616\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa puts $1.15M toward search and rescue projects in Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government is providing about $1.15 million for two search and rescue projects in Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will support projects led by the Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers, known as SARSAV.<\/p>\n<p>Buckley Belanger, secretary of state for rural development, announced the funding July 9 in La Loche on behalf of Emergency Management and Community Resilience Minister Eleanor Olszewski.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer recruitment and water response targeted<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa says the funding will support volunteer recruitment and retention, while also strengthening search and rescue response on water and along shorelines.<\/p>\n<p>The projects will include enhanced training, resources and coordination, as well as new Geographic Information System-based mapping tools.<\/p>\n<p>The funding comes through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsafety.gc.ca\/cnt\/mrgnc-mngmnt\/rspndng-mrgnc-vnts\/nss\/nif-en.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund<\/a>, a federal program aimed at strengthening prevention and improving search and rescue response across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories:<\/p>\n<p>Northern and remote response highlighted<\/p>\n<p>The federal government says search and rescue operations are especially complex in rural, remote and northern regions, where weather, distance and difficult terrain can affect emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>Belanger said well-trained and well-equipped teams are essential in communities where conditions can change quickly and a fast response can make a major difference.<\/p>\n<p>He said the funding will help expand inclusive volunteer participation and improve response on water and shorelines.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatoon conference also supported<\/p>\n<p>SARSAV president Bobbi Buchanan said previous funding has helped strengthen volunteer search and rescue in Saskatchewan through disaster assistance training, multi-agency exercises, near-water training, governance development and public safety programming.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government says the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund has provided $61 million for search and rescue activities across Canada since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa is also supporting SARscene 2026 with $515,400 in funding.<\/p>\n<p>The national search and rescue conference will be hosted by SARSAV in Saskatoon from Oct. 7 to 11, bringing together volunteers, professionals, academics, industry and governments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The federal government is providing about $1.15 million for two search and rescue projects in Saskatchewan. The funding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-800616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}