BC Fugitive Return Program tops 50 mark in two years of operation
Two years into the returning criminals back to face trial and the BC Fugitive Return Program shows now signs of slowing down. Since September, 2011 the British Columbia Fugitive Return Program has sent 51 wanted fugitives back to other provinces on warrants for their arrests, often for violent offences such as Assaulting of...
Randall Hopley 'dangerous offender' trial began Monday in Cranbrook
A hearing to determine whether Randall Hopley is a dangerous offender beings in Cranbrook Monday. Hopley pleaded guilty to kidnapping a young Sparwood boy — Kienan Hebert — from his home before returning him safely home after a massive manhunt two years ago. He held Hebert in a cabin for a days before returning him […]
UPDATE: BC Coroner called in after body found near Nakusp
BC Coroners Office has been called in after the body of a male was found near Nakusp Sunday. The body is believed to be a missing man from Burnaby reported missing (Thursday) September 19 while picking mushrooms in the Fostal area, approximately 25 kilometers south of Nakusp after crossing the Arrow Park Ferry. However, no […]
Busy Friday for Nelson Police Department
Alcohol-related calls kept Nelson Police Department members busy for most of Friday. At 11 p.m. (October 4) NPD members noticed a vehicle driving at excessive speed in the 700 block of Vernon Street, pull a U-turn before stopping in a no-parking zone. Officers stopped and approached the driver, who appeared to be under the influence […]
Bountiful polygamous leader decides to appeal tax decision
Winston Blackmore, the leader of the polygamous community near Creston, has decided to appeal a court decision that he did not fully report his income by $1.8 Million. Documents filed in the Federal Court of Appeal by the Blackmore camp said the judge during the trial didn’t properly interpret a section of the income Tax Act...
Police respond to complaint of dinosaur blocking traffic in Castlegar
In what could arguably be called an unusual set of circumstances, police responded to a complaint yesterday of a dinosaur blocking traffic on Kinnaird Bridge in Castlegar. According to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff, police responded at about 2:45 p.m. and found a “massive”, roughly-four-foot stuffed dinosaur that was, indeed,...
Vandals paint ball historic pictographs near Heritage City
Nelson RCMP is asking for public assistance in finding the culprits responsible for vandalizing historic pictographs west of the Heritage City on the south shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake last week. RCMP believed the vandalism happened sometime between June and September 25. The vandals shot paint balls at some of these historic […]
Mike & Vicki — 'A safe place to make a bad choice'
A collaborative drug awareness effort between the Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Regional RCMP Detachment, Interior Health Mental Health and Substance Use and Mind Festival Learning, is set for its official launch. The Mike and Vicki Project is an innovative and interactive resource designed to stimulate conversation ...
Student very lucky after falling from fourth floor walkway at Selkirk College Tenth Street Campus residence
A student is very lucky not to have suffered serious injury after falling from the fourth floor walkway at the dorms to rocks below Saturday evening. Nelson Police dispatchers received several 9-1-1 calls at 8:20 p.m. from Selkirk College 10th Street Campus residence of a student needing ambulance assistance after a fall from the fourth […]
Kelowna man convicted of killing Nelsonite appeals for new trial
A 20-year-old cold case of a former Nelson resident may be heading back to trial. CBC reported Wednesday the Kelowna man convicted of killing Nelson’s Jennifer Cusworth, Neil George Snelson, has appealed to B.C. Court for a new trial. Snelson was convicted of killing Cusworth in 2011 and handed a 15-year sentence. Cusworth, a L.V. […]
