With Spring here and summer just around the corner, the Nelson West Kootenay Traffic Services and Nelson Integrated Road Safety Unit would like to remind the motoring public of some very important vehicle safety features.   Since 1990, it has been mandatory for Canadian vehicles to have daytime running lights; these are the...

UPDATE: Police looking to thank people who saved man’s life Grand Forks RCMP and the Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department are looking for the people responsible for saving the man who’s car wound up in the creek outside Christina Lake over the weekend. The 39 year-old Burnaby man who was pulled from the wreckage of […]

A rash of gas thefts throughout town have residents frustrated and police asking the public to keep a sharp eye out for suspicious behaviour. Castlegar top cop Sgt. Laurel Mathew said there have been seven calls since Monday (one of which was regarding a weekend incident) from residents who have had gas siphoned from their […]

Chilliwack, BC: Police are now releasing a sketch of a man possibly responsible for an attempted attack on two woman hikers on the Tea Pot Hill trail on Columbia Valley Road on February 24, 2013. Two women were running on the trail when they encountered a man. The man approached the women from behind and […]

A fully loaded semi-trailer flipped on Highway 3 spilling its load of lumber and closing the road to all traffic for over three hours. Shortly before 3:00 p.m. today the truck, swerving to miss a female dog crossing the highway with her puppies, flipped and landed on its side across the highway about 10 kilometers […]

A Trail man will be facing charges for trafficking cocaine, according to Crime Reduction Unit Cpl. Darryl Orr. “On April 13 at 2:30 a.m., members of the Trail Crime Reduction Unit arrested a 32-year-old male for Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act,” he said. “The male […]

Premier Christy Clark has issued the following statement following an explosion in Boston: “Our immediate thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those killed and injured by today’s terrible explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. “While we don’t have full details, it’s clear that first responders are to be commended […]

Nelson Police said a distraught woman contemplating life tied up commuter traffic on the Nelson Bridge Sunday evening for the better part of an hour. Nelson Police received a call at approximately 7:18 p.m. a 23-year-old female was attempting to climb to the top of the Orange Bridge. Officers rushed to the scene to find […]

Nelson RCMP is requesting the assistance of the public to identify those responsible for damaging several signs on Highway 6 between Crescent Valley and Slocan Park in the early morning hours of March 23 (Saturday).   Sometime overnight between (Friday) March 22 and (Saturday) March 23, someone drove a vehicle into the ditches and over […]

Camp Tweedsmuir has once again been the victim of senseless vandalism, according to property manager Heather Hamer. “Probably, cost-wise, we’re looking at almost $1,000 damage,” she said, referring to a camp in Fruitvale owned by Scouts Canada (but used by church groups, cadets, and a variety of other community organizations). “They sent some picnic tables […]