The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today the arrest of two travellers for smuggling firearms at the Osoyoos and Cascade ports of entry (POE) on July 21 and the successful prosecution of a firearms seizure at Kingsgate POE on the same day. On July 21, at the Osoyoos POE, border services officers (BSO) seized […]

Police continue to actively investigate the deaths of two local people, one in Rossland and one in Ross Spur, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. Rossland resident Thomas Feeney, 75, was discovered murdered in his home on June 5 of this year, and Oelke says the investigation is still very much ongoing. “There’s a major...

Nelson Police are seeking public assistance regarding an investigation into the selling of fraudulent Shambhala Music Festival Tickets.   Nelson Police Department received information Thursday morning (August 7) that fraudulent festival tickets were being sold for $300. However, when the purchasers attended the music festival they were being advised by festival staff that the tickets […]

Nelson Police Department is recommending owners not to leave keys in an unattended vehicle after a sleeping passenger in a car woke up to find an unknown driver behind the wheel. NPD dispatch received a complaint during the early hours of Saturday (August 2) of a missing car with a passenger inside. The driver explained […]

The Midway RCMP Detachment and West Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a report of a single motorcycle crash on Highway 33, south of Beaverdell. When the RCMP arrived at the scene, they found a 56-year-old male deceased on site. According to Sgt. John Ferguson of the West Kootenay Traffic Services,  Beaverdell man and was driving […]

Police do not, at this time, suspect foul play in the sudden death of a 17-year-old Ross Spur girl, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich   "On July 20, just after 1 a.m., Trail & Greater District Detachment General Duty members, responding to an 911 call, attended a residence located on Faulkner Road, in Ross...

A juvenile bear that has been causing extensive damage on the North Shore was put down Monday by Conservation Officers said Sgt. Dino Falcone of the Nelson Police. The bear, which was highly habituated to the area’s human food sources, was seen swimming across Kootenay Lake from the Johnstone Road area toward the Prestige Lakeside […]

Earlier today, the Amber Alert was called off for missing five-year-old Nathan O'Brien and a press conference was announced for noon PST. O'Brien and his grandparents Alvin and Kathryn Liknes have been missing for two weeks.  At the press conference, Calgary Police Service Chief Rick Hanson announced that the missing persons...

The Trail Crime Reduction Unit is determined to prove the Mounties always get their man - or men, as the case may be.   RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr is the non-commissioned officer in charge of both Trail and Castlegar CRUs, and he said his unit recently arrested two local offenders, one of whom police believe robbed the Spot Restaurant...

Police are asking for public assistance in solving an unusual crime - a theft from the dump. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff says the Ootischenia landfill was robbed on the evenings of May 18 and June 8. "The suspect stole roughly $1,000 worth of vehicle batteries," she said, adding the thief was caught on the landfill's...