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Search for missing kayaker continues near Sooke

Times Colonist13 January 2021p. A4JDF SAR era

“Search for missing kayaker continues near Sooke”, Times Colonist, p. A4, 13 January 2021 ref-only

Summary

The decision to stand down the search by sea was made at 5 p.m. on the Monday, putting the case in the hands of Sooke RCMP, though crews continued to look for Timothy Ross. There had been plans for fixed-wing planes from the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association to fly on the Tuesday, but weather conditions prevented it, said Vickie Weber, senior search-and-rescue manager for Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue. Sooke RCMP Sgt. Kevin Shaw said the ground search by the Juan de Fuca group would continue that day, with some fixed-wing aircraft: "The forecast looks like it is more hospitable."

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Headline“Search for missing kayaker continues near Sooke”
PublicationTimes Colonist
Date13 January 2021
PageA4
EraJDF SAR era
Document typenews report
Original articleProQuest — the scanned page in the Times Colonist digital archive ↗
SourceProQuest Digital Times Colonist via GVPL (bulk export 2026-07-16)
Accessed2026-07-16
Licensingref-only
Record confidenceconfirmed

Archivist's note

The second day of the kayak search, and the article that gives Vickie Weber's title as senior search-and-rescue manager. It also names CASARA, the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, whose role in the team's air support is otherwise recorded only in the 2024 Sooke News Mirror annual statistics piece. This page was recovered from inside the ProQuest bulk export already held in the archive, where it had been listed as referenced but not held.

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This is a full newspaper page and carries unrelated stories as well as the article summarised here. The text is the OCR made from the ProQuest bulk export during the 2026 research phase, not a fresh pass. Recovered from page 70 of the bulk export.

Record id 2021-01-13-times-colonist-pa4-ross-kayak-search. Original file in the project archive: 02_articles/2026-07-16_proquest_bulk_export_50_articles_2012-2026.pdf (page 70).

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