Details remain sketchy surrounding an accident that sent a local woman in her 50s to hospital on Thursday. Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton said the accident happened downtown at just after 3 p.m., at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bay Avenue. “A female motorcycle driver was injured after a collision with a car,” he […]

Nelson City Police arrested a man brandishing a knife and scissors Friday afternoon in a bizarre incident that started at the Ministry of Children and Families and Mental Health office on Victoria Street and ending near the Lakeside Soccer Fields. The incident started at 1:25 p.m. (October 12) when Nelson City Police was alerted to […]

A 20-year-old Castlegar man is once again facing charges of possession of child pornography, along with breach of probation, after police checked up on his compliance with release conditions, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Wheeler Wood is currently serving a three-year probationary sentence from a conviction of possessing child pornography in 2010,” she said. “When […]

Grand Forks RCMP will be questioning a suspect they think may have been involved in the bomb scare at the Grand Forks Credit Union last week. Grand Forks RCMP evacuated 37 staff from the credit union and everyone within a 300-foot circumference of the bank all day on Wednesday, Oct. 3 after a suspicious briefcase […]

Delta Police have been called to investigate an alleged beating of a Creston man by two RCMP officers following an altercation Friday at a local drinking establishment. CBC News is reporting that Tom Campen of Creston alleges to have been beaten by two RCMP officers called to the Kokanee Inn to deal with a report […]

This happy-go-lucky chocolate brown labrador turned in his long leash and protective vest this August, marking nine years of dedicated service with the BC RCMP as a drug sniffing dog. Otis was posted to the Southeast District Traffic Services between 2003 to 2012, working the corridor highways of the Interior region of BC. Otis worked […]

Going the wrong way down a street in the Heritage City cost a Calgary man more than just a traffic ticket. RCMP charged a 37-year-old Calgary man with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and Property Obtained by Crime after a routine traffic stop netted police 1.3 pounds of cocaine, scales and other drug paraphernalia. […]

RCMP Cpl. Phil Mager (ironically, pronounced ‘Major’) just came to the Koots in July, and drug users will want to know about him – he’s a drug recognition expert. Mager is the non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of the West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit, and part of his mandate is to ensure drug-impaired drivers […]

A 26-year-old male and 17-year-old female, both from Port Coquitlam will appear in Cranbrook Provincial Court Friday in connection with a carjacking near Creston Tuesday night. Nickolas John Bullock, 26, is facing charges of Robbery and Possession of Stolen Property while the 17-year-old female is facing one charge possession of stolen property.  Police made the […]

  Parents may be wondering why there was a police presence outside Warfield’s Webster Elementary School this morning – Trail RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson said the issue was a trio of bears. “We actually got a call at 6:45 a.m. from a concerned citizen, saying there was a cougar in a tree near the school,” […]