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The volunteers who never stop looking

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When someone goes missing in Saskatchewan, who actually joins the search — and what happens once volunteer search-and-rescue teams are called in? Dustin Brears, Vice-President of the Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers (SARSAV), joins Evan to talk about the work of Saskatchewan’s volunteer search teams and a national search-and-rescue conference coming to Saskatoon this fall.
3 Sep 12PM English Canada News Commentary

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