Alcohol makes its presence known at Beaver Valley May Days
On Saturday, May 27, 2023, at 7:42 p.m. frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officers responded to a report of an allegedly intoxicated 54-year-old Fruitvale man causing a disturbance and attempting to start a fight with other patrons at the Beaver Valley May Days Festival located on Columbia Gardens Road, in Fruitvale,...
RCMP investigate stolen pickup truck
The Grand Forks RCMP is asking for public assistance in helping solve the theft of a pickup truck. In the early hours of Sunday morning, May 21, 2023, RCMP received a report of a theft of a truck from a residence in the 5600 block of Como Road, in Grand Forks. The victims reported that they were in the process of selling the...
No one injured but much damage done during Sunday morning house fire
CFD responded to a residential structure fire the morning of May 21 in the 600 block of 9 Avenue, According to Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. He said the call came in at 8:00 a.m., and R1, E1, L1, E2 and C1 attended along with 12 members. Upon arrival, Incident Command determined that all occupants and pets were out and accounted...
Illicit drugs kill 206 British Columbians in April
Preliminary data from the BC Coroners Service shows that communities throughout the province continue to be devastated by deaths due to unregulated drugs, with 814 lives lost in the first four months of 2023. As has been the case throughout the crisis, the illicit drug supply remains highly volatile, challenging people’s best...
Nakusp RCMP seize enough drugs to dose every member of community
In the early morning of May 17, frontline officers with the Slocan Lake RCMP made a significant drug seizure while en-route to a disturbance call, according to Nakusp RCMP Detachment Commander Cpl. Thomas Gill. "At approximately 4 a.m., an officer came across a vehicle in a ditch near Silverton. The vehicle's occupants, a...
Four arrested for alleged drug trafficking after two Castlegar homes searched
On May 18, 2023, the Castlegar RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, with support from frontline general duty officers executed a pair of search warrants in connection to an active investigation into drug trafficking, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Monty Taylor. The warrants were executed on two Castlegar area homes to further the...
UPDATED: State of Local Emergency in Grand Forks rescinded
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary EOC is encouraged to see that a decrease in precipitation has allowed some river and creek levels have dropped or are holding steady. However, the RDKB EOC said that residents are encouraged to continue to take precautions knowing that the snowpack is still deep. In its latest update...
RDKB Issues Evacuation Order for rural Grand Forks, Alert for parts of Village of Fruitvale
An Evacuation Order has been issued by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Regional Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for six (6) properties in the Nursery area in Electoral Area D/Rural Grand Forks, effective as of Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2 pm. because of rising river levels. EOC officials will be delivering Evacuation...
RDKB urging public to prepare for possibility of flooding in Boundary region
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre is asking Boundary residents to prepare for the possibility of flooding. The RDKB said with increasing temperatures and the possibility of heavy precipitation in the forecast later this week, waters are expected to rise. "Current models show that...
The ‘Hike Our Story’ Challenge returns to the Boundary
A hiking challenge, which launched in the Boundary last year to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Grand Forks, is back with a bang this summer. “Last year’s event was a huge success! We had 124 hikers explore 372 trails in the Boundary,” says Melina Van Hoogevest, RDKB’s Recreation Supervisor at Grand Forks District Recreation....
