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”…
2020 The Season Before the Season
It's early February and a light dusting of snow falls over the region. Out on the roads, salters liberally spread their precious cargo behind plows bustling the snow to the…
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…
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…
Anticipating the 2017 Season
While many people might glance up at the stormy April skies with a sense of disappointment we in the seasonal boating family tend see it as the first rays of…
