Scott Ward photographed in the snow with one of rescue canines he handled during his time as a park warden in Banff. He is wearing an orange long sleeve shirt with gloves, khaki pants and snow shoes as he leans over the dog. The dog is fluffy and black and is burrying his had in the snow. Image source, Supplied/Ray Schmidt
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Scott Ward photographed with one of rescue canines he handled

ByNadine YousifSenior Canada reporter
  • Published9 minutes ago

Scott Ward can still recall the relief he saw on parents' faces when a search and rescue dog he was working with found their children safe in Canada's vast and heavily wooded Banff National Park.

Another time, his canine partner led him hiking up a steep mountainside for two hours until they reached a man with a broken leg who was close to dying from hypothermia.