Last week, we discussed the overarching goals of a specialized RCMP Crime Reduction Unit in Castlegar, as presented to city council by CRU non-commissioned officer in charge Cpl. Darryl Orr and his supervisor, Sgt. Mike Wicentowich (To read Part One, click here). Those goals/priorities include in-depth or long-term investigations,...

Nelson Police are warning the public of another fraud making its way through the city. The local detachment has recently been receiving complaints regarding a newly circulated mail fraud. The fraudster personally addresses letters from a male claiming to be representing an accounting firm in Spain who are in charge of assets moved to Spain […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man and a woman who died following a motor vehicle incident near Cranbrook on Thursday (December 5) as Lyla-Maria Arcilla Mortensen of Slocan and Joel William Drew Franklin of Winlaw. Mortenson, 18, was the driver and Franklin, 19, was the passenger in a vehicle which […]

West Kootenay Traffic Services Cpl. John Ferguson has shed some light on last night's pedestrian fatality, and the causes thereof:   "We're pretty sure it's not a suicide," he said. "The physical evidence we can see (would indicate) that he was trying to wave the vehicle down for a ride, but was doing so in the middle of the...

With a municipal election cycle looming less than a year away (November 2014), city council checked in on one of its most publically-visible investments – namely the RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU). A specialized unit which the city agreed to help fund back in 2008, the CRU costs local taxpayers roughly $218,400 per year,...

Slushy roads are being blamed for a single vechicle accident Sunday west of Fernie that claimed the life of a woman. Elk Valley RCMP said at 2:30 p.m. MST Sunday a white Chevrolet minivan left Highway 3A eight kilometers west of Fernie, coming to rest upside down in the Elk River. The family of five […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a motor vehicle incident in Montrose, near Trail, on Nov. 30, 2013. He was Bernard Harold Doherty, aged 52, of Montrose.   Doherty was a passenger in a car which left the road and went down an embankment on Highway 3B in Montrose, about 10 kilometres...

Castlegar RCMP are warning of yet another scam making the local rounds - the twist being that these scammers show up as dialing from local numbers on call display units. Police Const. Josh Baron said police have received numerous complaints about calls wherein the person who answers the phone is advised they have won 26,000...

Trail RCMP are seeking to diffuse community concern after several social media reports indicated a US fugitive might be in the area, according to RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson. "Trail and Greater District RCMP have been fielding several enquiries about a possible US Fugitive that may be in the area of Fruitvale," Johnson said. "On...

RCMP have no additional information a week after a sketch was released to the public in the November 13 robbery of the Shopper’s Simply Pharmacy Castlegar, formerly Paragon Pharmacy, in the Sunflower City. The suspect, described as early 20's, approximately 5'8", slim build wearing a dark blue/grey jacket, entered the pharmacy...