West Kootenay Traffic Services reported a busy weekend of traffic this BC Day Holiday Weekend but no serious accidents in the region. Cpl. Chad Badry of the RCMP West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit said police saw an increase in the volume of traffic while officers targeted aggressive drivers and impaired drivers....

Second update: Two suspects in a dramatic gun robbery at Canadian Tire in Trail last Wednesday will remain in custody following an appearance in Nelson court today. James Duncan Beetstra, 31, and Dustin Paul Zier, 33, are to be held by police until their next court appearnace, slated for July 29. Dori Ann Swanson, 41, was...

The Rossland Telegraph   Things are beginning to look up for rape victims.  Recently, a judgment by Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Justice Juliana Topolniski reversed an acquittal of a teen charged with sexual assault.  The language in her ruling made it very clear that she was disappointed, to say the least, with the lower...

A car submerged in Arrow Lake about 10 km past Syringa Park caused local first responders great concern Sunday, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Brett Turner. Turner said a call came at at roughly 2 p.m., with the complainant alerting police to some odd debris along a steep embankment and down into the lake, including a license...

At about a quarter to six in the morning on July 25, a woman was riding her motorcyle west along Highway 3-B when a vehicle described in the police press release as "a small SUV" turned left in front of her at Old Waneta Road.  The woman died at the scene and the driver of the SUV was not injured. Members of the West Kootenay...

A dramatic smash-and-grab gun robbery at the Trail Canadian Tire early Thursday morning has no relationship to a seizure of guns in Merritt the following day, according to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. (For full coverage of Trail incident, click here). Moskaluk indicated that, while 12 guns are still missing after the Trail robbery,...

A scary situation concluded with a happy ending after a coordinated search by local emergency services located a missing man near the Taghum Bridge 10 kilometers west of Nelson Sunday morning. Nelson Police Constable Brian Weber told The Nelson Daily, the incident started at approximately 8 a.m. when a call came into NPD...

The Osoyoos RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 68 year old Gaylin De Montigny. The Osoyoos resident was last seen in Osoyoos on (Tuesday) July 5, 2016 and was reported missing on (Monday) July 11, 2016. RCMP findings indicates De Montigny likely travelled by bus to Penticton, early on July 5, 2016....

The Castlegar RCMP arrested a violent and distraught woman in Robson BC, without injury to the woman or attending officers on Saturday morning. Reports had been received that the woman was damaging a home with an axe. On July 9, at approximately 11:09 a.m., the Castlegar RCMP were called to an address in Robson, where an...

Cpl. Chad Badry of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the West Kootenay Traffic Services was kept busy this Canada Day weekend patrolling the highways in the Kootenay/Boundary region. Badry said officers cited the motorists for numerous infractions, including 53 speeding tickets, five seatbelt and two cell phone violations...