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RCMP: Another seizure of dynamite at a grow op in Boundary

The Boundary is now the dynamite capital of Southern B.C. as local RCMP, looking for a grow op, came across the second house in a week loaded with firearms and explosives. On Sunday Aug. 22, the Grand Forks RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on  Dupee Road, outside of Christina Lake. Police located 113 plants, inside of […]

GALLERY: Mountain Kingdom murals or Golden City Garbage?

Graffiti. Love it or hate it, it's pretty much an inevitable part of life in any town or city. It's nothing new: look at the caves of cavemen...er, cavepeople...they had graffiti too. Granted, it's a little disappointing to see that, often, it appears as though not a lot of technical progress has been made in the last 50 000...

Trails, trails, trails, Trail Creek, lights on trails, bridges over trails...and still more trails!

Earlier in August, the City of Rossland approved and issued a tender for two new trail segments linking up the downtown core with Centennial Park and the Mining Museum. This past week, on the same day that the tender was awarded to Alpine Contracting for the construction of the new pedestrian route, yeet another trail project...

Brawl involves 40 to 50 people outside Element Saturday night

 Police have not yet charged anyone, but the investigation continues into a brawl involving as many as 40 or 50 people outside the Element Night Club Saturday night, after a much-publicized “foam party” at the venue. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said the call came in at about 2:40 a.m.   “I guess this had […]

OP/ED: Turn that boat around

 Right now, the Tamil people-smugglers are assessing Canada and, the more friendly they discover our shores for their human payload, the more ships bursting with Sri Lankans they will be able to send. It is an outcome that, under current laws, Canada is powerless to avoid. The only alternative is to modify the existing system. […]

Falling for the Follies, Part Two: It’s a Wrap!

I was having a really bad day last week; in fact, it was a bad day in a string of bad days, and what I wanted most was to wallow in a nice bath for the evening and go to bed early with my cat. Instead, someone reminded me that the Follies was ending a week earlier than normal (something I should have known from my visit with...

Actor Jason Priestley backs campaign to save bears

by: Zoe McKnight, National Post   A global campaign has emerged to save the dozen or more black bears found protecting the site of a million-dollar marijuana grow-op in British Columbia. Doreen McCrindle, a Calgary woman who said she is just an animal lover, is behind an online push to stop the B.C. government from euthanizing […]

RCMP: What not to do after stealing a car

Castlegar police are working on a file that serves as a cautionary tale for would-be criminals: If you’re going to steal a bunch of stuff, including a car, you’d do well to avoid having a couple of drinks before toodling aimlessly around town at 2:45 a.m. in said stolen car, which happens to contain a […]

Winlaw grow op bust sees father/sons arrested

 On Aug. 23, Nakusp and Slocan Lake RCMP took down a large outdoor marihuana grow operation. The grow op was located on Crown land near McKean Road in Winlaw. The three adult male suspects were arrested on scene, attending to the plants. A total of 657 plants were removed as well as a significant amount […]

Police confront explosive situation

 Police got to see evidence of the other Big Bang theory in Greenwood last week, as the execution of a search warrant uncovered dynamite, a grenade and several loaded weapons. “It should also be noted that the residence had a surveillance system set up with a live camera view of the front gate/yard area onto […]

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