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The Peace River Regional District board approved Thursday $50,000 in grants to support search and rescue groups in the Peace region.
North Peace SAR was was approved for a $21,558 grant-in-aid, and South Peace SAR was approved for $20,207.
Tumbler Ridge SAR was approved a $4,540 grant-in-aid. It was also approved for $3,500 remaining from its 2019 grant, to be used to insure a new command truck, which has yet to arrive due to COVID-19 related manufacturing delays.
Chetwynd SAR was denied a $6,000 grant, due to an incomplete application.
The PRRD denied a further $12,394 grant request from North Peace SAR, which would have been used for iPads, which the committee did not see as an appropriate request for funding.
Email reporter Tom Summer at [email protected]
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