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”…
A Momentous Day Arrives
The engines rumble into life and a soothing ripple of energy reverberates down the vessel. She is alive once again. The familiar command of “release the lines” echos out on…
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…
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…
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…
2017 Season Kicks Off
Why do we do what we do? Are the sights and sounds of a safe harbour engrained in our DNA? Is it the rush of adrenaline as we scramble for…
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…
