Nelson RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance regarding ongoing mischief to private property in the Krestova area. RCMP Cpl. M.T. (Michael)  Stefani, Cpl. of the Central Kootenay Detachment said in a release the mischief has been happening throughout the past summer. “This is an ongoing issue over the past summer and a witness believes […]

Another sexual assault of a female in the campus of the University of BC was was reported to RCMP Saturday. Just after midnight (October 19), a 17-year-old female student resident was walking alone on the UBC campus in the 2500 block of West Mall when she was approached from behind by an unknown male who […]

A four-year-old toddler has been placed with a suitable family representative after police found the child watching television during a drug bust Wednesday in Penticton. Local RCMP Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a unit in the 900 block of Fairview Road Wednesday. The man and woman, both 28 years of age, were […]

Two men ended up being arrested after two separate highway accidents yesterday afternoon, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. She said the first crash happened at roughly 2:35 p.m. on Highway 3A and Ootischenia Road. “A vehicle being driven by a 45-year-old Castlegar man was making a left-hand turn onto Ootischenia road...

An motor vehicle accident at Tim Horton's Saturday caused significant damage, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "On Oct. 12, at approximately 3 a.m., staff at the Castlegar Tim Horton's called RCMP to report that a vehicle had just knocked the large drive-through sign off the pedestal causing substantial damage, and that...

The long arm of the law was too much for a shoplifter as Nelson Police collared the light-fingered female twice in one day. The day started to go south for the 22-year-old woman when police were called to a report of a shoplifter at 10:36 a.m. Wednesday at a liquor store located in the 200-block […]

The B.C. RCMP's Serious Crimes Unit has released a re-enactment video of the day Abigail Andrews was last seen in Fort St. John with hopes of finding new information about the missing woman. Andrews, then 28-year-old at the time of her disappearance three years ago on April 7, 2010, was pregnant at the time. "A video re-enactment...

RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Service and Integrated Road Safety Unit was out in full force, conducting spot checks during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The Thanksgiving holiday has been classified as one of the most dangerous weekends on roads in BC, where, on average, four people are killed and 540 injured in 1,770 crashes every year […]

The lead up to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend kept Nelson Police staff busy as officers responded to more than 50 calls during the past few days. Friday (October 11) afternoon a female driver in the 1000 Block of Josephine Street noticed an assault taking place. At approximately 3:45 p.m., the driver saw a young male […]

Police have seized more than 3,800 pot plants after busting a commercial-sized grow op near Nakusp, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little.   "In early October, the Nakusp RCMP received information that a hydro bypass was occurring at a residence in the 8900 block of Highway 6, Edgewood," Little said.   "An investigation resulted...