A female is scheduled to appear in Court after causing a disturbance Saturday (May 24) afternoon on Baker Street. The incident occurred after Nelson Police attended a call at approximately 5 p.m. of a many drinking in the 400 Block of Baker Street. When officers arrived the 40-year-old man, known to them, was charged under […]

A convenience store clerk in Nelson was pepper sprayed Friday as part of a robbery, according to NPD Sgt. Paul Bayes. "On ... May 23 at approximately 9:15 p.m., two culprits entered a Nelson convenience store, pepper-sprayed a staff member, then demanded cash and other items," Bayes said. "The culprits fled on foot with an ...

The BC Amber Alert issued earlier today was deactivated at 5:20 p.m., and the mother is now in custody, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Vermeulen. “Trina Meisel, 12 -year-old Talisha and six-year-old Taya have just been located in the Lower Mainland,” he said, adding both children are safe and unharmed. “With the assistance of public […]

RCMP  Sgt. Darryl Little said the search for three males from the New Denver area missing after a canoeing accident Saturday afternoon on Slocan Lake ended Tuesday evening “without success”. Hayden Kyle, 21, Skye Donnet, 18, and Jule Wiltshire-Padfield, 15, were canoeing from New Denver to Rosebery along with 19-year-old Lily...

A vehicle explosion in the 2 Street and 8 Avenue area of downtown Castlegar last night has police asking for public assistance. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson said the incident wasn't called in to police until the following morning, but reports made to The Source about the sound of explosions during the night may be related....

On Saturday, May 2nd, while conducting pro-active patrols Agassiz RCMP, arrested two males with a stolen truck. At approximately 10:26 p.m., a police officer observed a truck parked in the boat launch parking lot on Esplanade Avenue. The truck did not have a boat trailer attached. Upon investigation the licence plate had an...

In his nearly 40 years in Nelson, Mayor John Dooley can recall only a few times when events like the recent robberies and bomb threat have happened in the Queen City – but he’s glad to see that local police know how to handle things when they do. “I can only remember a handful of […]

New charges have been laid against two people arrested in relation to an armed robbery Friday at the Nelson and District Credit Union. Andrew Stevenson, 34, is facing 15 charges while Krista Kalmikoff, 25, is facing 10, according to Deputy Regional Crown Counsel Philip Seagram. He said the current charges are in relation to...

Premier Christy Clark delivered the following statement in the legislature following the tragedy at Western Forest Products Mill in Nanaimo: Madam Speaker, Earlier today (April 30), a horrible tragedy took place in Nanaimo. Police were called to the Western Forest Products Mill in response to calls about a shooting. The RCMP...

Over the past week, several high school students in North Vancouver became sick from eating pot-infused edibles. The grade ten students from two separate high schools became sick enough for one of them to be taken to the hospital while the other went home.  What is becoming more common, and available to children, are food...