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…
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New Beginnings
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…
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PARA Marine SAR Announcement
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”…
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A Reflection on a Season Lost… And Found…
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…
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2020 The Season Before the Season
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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A New Look to Start 2020
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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…
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2017 Year End Letter
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…
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2017 Season
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…
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Responding to a Call Out
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…
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Anticipating the 2017 Season
2017 Easter Egg Hunt
Join us for our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt. To be held at Rotary Frenchman's Bay West Park on Sunday April 16th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Visit our…
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2017 Easter Egg Hunt
