Patrol Season Kick Off
It’s another warm night, hopefully the start of a real upward trend. A nice change from the cooler and damp days of late April and early May. No complaints, mind…
New Beginnings
Beginnings... the word itself has so many meanings. The start of a day, the start of a new job, the start of a new adventure... the very definition implies endless…
PARA Marine SAR Announcement
At the start of 2020 we announced a new organizational brand. We made this change to more accurately reflect our mandate to serve all our local communities. The success and…
A Reflection on a Season Lost… And Found…
So, 2020, what can one say? To say unique, almost seems like an understatement. To say unprecedented seems in a way presumptuous. In many ways the baseline that defines “normal”…
Our Future is in Good Hands
Its now 4 months into this very odd 2020 boating season and during that time we have seen a number of unique challenges to our regular practice of marine search…
A New Look to Start 2020
For over 50 years, the Pickering Auxiliary Rescue Association has served the local Durham Region boating community. From Pickering to Ajax to Whitby we have always answered the call, a…
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2017 Year End Letter
16 November 2017 PARA Members, Friends, Family, Coworkers, and members of the community. As the 2017 boating seasoning comes to an end I would like to take this opportunity to…
Its Been 50 Years – What a Journey!
We are celebrating our 50th Anniversary this year. From humble beginnings forged out of a passion to help those in need we have endured, no we have flourished to be…
2017 Season
It's a muggy night at the end of July, but then really aren't they all that way? It's crazy to think that our season is really already 2/3 done? Where…
Responding to a Call Out
All of us are volunteers. None of us do this professionally. Does that mean we don't have the same level of commitment or passion? No it doesn't and that will…
