Interior B.C. businesses seeing increase in counterfeit money
The RCMP would like to advise the business communities throughout the Interior of the Province that several areas have recently experienced a spike in counterfeit money passing. Since 2012-07-26, RCMP have received twenty three (23) complaints where counterfeit currency was either passed or attempted to be passed in the communities of Oliver, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls, […]
Nelson Police kept busy last week in Heritage City
A B & E, domestic dispute and a male arrested in Lakeside Park for breaching conditions kept Nelson Police busy last week. Friday (August 17), at 44-year-old was in the wrong place at the wrong time as police arrested the man in Lakeside Park for breaching his conditions on a recognizance of release regarding a […]
Firefighters end up in physical altercation after responding to call last night
Police are recommending assault charges against a Castlegar man after he allegedly assaulted Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rempel last night. Rempel says he answered a call just before 9 p.m., in which a resident (whose name will not be released until/unless the Crown files formal charges) had a fire that was too large to be legal. […]
Invitation to smoke pot goes south for group of men
A group of young men had next time better check out the guest before extending an invitation to smoke a joint. Last Saturday (August 11) several young males were sitting in the 300 block of Victoria Street smoking marijuana when a pedestrian walked by them. Feeling hospitable, the group offered the person to join them. […]
Shambhala organizers issue release regarding Sunday's overdose death
Shambhala Music Festival is sad to inform the passing of one of our patrons in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 12. At approximately 5:20 a.m., a patron collapsed in the food court. Several patrons in the area quickly notified first aid services. First responders rushed to the scene and at that time found him […]
Death at Shambhala appears to be overdose
Sunday morning (Aug. 12), Trail RCMP Detachment were contacted by the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. Mitchell Joseph Fleischacker of Sidney was transported from the Shambhala Music Festival near Salmo to Trail, according to RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel. “It is believed that the (Fleischacker), who had no identification, was suffering from a drug […]
NPD applauds calmness of couple in B&E case
City Police are applauding the quick actions of a local family in helping with the arrest of a 46-year-old male Friday evening. “The Nelson Police would like to commend the family for remaining calm and patient during a stressful incident,” acting Sergeant Dino Falcone said in an emailed press release early Saturday morning. Falcone’s comments […]
From pot plants to stolen cars, busy long weekend for Castlegar cops
It was a busy weekend for Castlegar cops – including some serious gardening issues. Castlegar RCMP Cpl Debbie Postnikoff said police responded to 70 calls for service over the second long weekend of summer. “The calls were routine in nature and consisted mainly of traffic related incidents, liquor related offences and bylaw infractions,” she said. […]
Missing man recovered from Kettle River
Grand Forks Search and Rescue and Christina Lake Fire Department successfully recovered a body from the Cascade Cove area of the Kettle River, near Grand Forks. The body, found Monday, Aug. 6, has been positively identified as the missing 50-year-old male visitor, Andrew Barrie. He is the last of the three people to be recovered following […]
From the files of NPD — Red Deer woman charged with 90-Day Roadside Prohibition
A Red Deer woman started her party early, 8 a.m. MDT, before being arrested Thursday (August 2) in the parking lot of the A&W restaurant in Nelson. At 5:25 p.m., Nelson Police received a report of a suspected impaired driver in the lot of the A&W. Officers arrived to find 55-year-old female Alberta resident displaying […]
