A policeman suffered minor injuries and a 35-year-old Castlegar man is injured and facing a laundry list of charges after in incident in this morning’s wee hours that caused in excess of $5,000 damage to a local business, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. “At 02:06 a.m., the Castlegar RCMP were dispatched to a […]

Grand Forks mayor Brian Taylor will be meeting with officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) after comments he made during his annual Canada Day speech this year. Taylor openly criticized the CBSA for being too tough on American tourists and locals, thereby making the border crossing experience a “frightening”...

The first sunny weekend of summer definitely was a busy one for Nelson Police Department as officers dealt from calls ranging from disturbances, noise complaints, damage to vehicles and fights. “Forty-four calls for service came in for Friday and Saturday night alone,” said Sergeant Janet Scott-Pryke in an emailed press release. Pranksters came close to […]

A toddler is dead and an elderly women is clinging to life after a pool accident Sunday night in Surrey. At approximately 9 p.m., Surrey RCMP attended a residential apartment complex in the 10500 block of 152nd Street for a report of a possible drowning.   When RCMP arrived at the scene, Emergency Health Services […]

A high-risk offender is behind bars after a midnight arrest in a Trail home Thursday, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. He said 26-year-old Joel Hutchinson had been eluding law enforcement for some time, including having escaped police custody the day before Trail and Castlegar Crime Reduction Units arrested him Thursday. “About three weeks earlier, […]

A sexual assault in downtown Trail in the middle of the afternoon this weekend saw police identify and arrest a suspect within hours of the incident, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “On Sunday …at approximately 1:50 p.m., a young lady in her late teens was sitting on a bench on Cedar Avenue in Trail, when she was approached...

For the second time in a week there’s been a plane crash in the B.C. Interior. RCMP report that shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday, a small twin engine aircraft took off south bound from the Vernon Airport it crashed in the Marshall Field’s sports complex adjacent to the runway shortly after takeoff. It’s been reported […]

In a bizarre string of coincidences July 2, a Nelson police officer stopped a cyclist riding without lights or a helmet in an alley near Baker Street, according to an NPD press release. “The 22-year-old male was intoxicated and gave a false story about what he was up to,” the release said. “Upon examining the […]

Trail RCMP have concluded their investigation into the garage fire that caused several small explosions on a property on Maple Crescent in Rossland on Monday, according to Sgt. Rob Hawton. “It’s believed the explosions came from several of the small, camping-type propane canisters,” he said. “We don’t know what caused the fire for certain, but […]

More than $5 million cash, more than 200 illegal weapons, and thousands of pounds of illegal drugs are off Kootenay streets – and local police were recognized in June for making that happen. RCMP officers and officers from the Nelson Police Department assigned to the RCMP Southeast District Traffic Services and the Integrated Road Safety […]