It’s obvious some drivers just don’t get the message after Nelson Police dealt with a pair of “Drink and Driving” incidents in the past few days. In a span of two days the force arrested two drivers for drinking and driving as well as other charges and a woman for creating a disturbance in the […]

Traffic flow on Highway 3A east of Castlegar was tied up Tuesday afternoon following a three-car accident less than a kilometer west of the Thrums Market, but only one person was sent to hospital, and without life-threatening injuries, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. The accident happened around 4 p.m., when a woman heading toward […]

Creston RCMP is asking for assistance from the public regarding a single motorcycle collision (Saturday) July 6 that left the driver and passenger with serious injuries. The accident, occurring at approximately 2 p.m. 40 kilometres north of Creston at the 9000 block of Highway 3A on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, involved a driver […]

A Castlegar man had his road grader impounded after allegedly driving while under the influence of alcohol, according to Slocan RCMP Const. A. Van Hussen. "On July 10, just after lunch time, the Slocan Lake RCMP responded to a complaint of a road grader driving erratically on Wilson Creek Forest Service Road near Rosebery,"...

Nelson Police is requesting public assistance in regards to the recovery of a stolen car Wednesday on Bealby Point Road north of the city limits. NPD dispatchers received the initial report of a stolen vehicle from outside the woman’s residence Wednesday (July 10). The owner had just moved back to Nelson and had parked the […]

The Castlegar RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in a theft investigation from Total Pet in Castlegar, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "On June 15, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the female in the attached picture made a purchase at Total Pet, and after making a purchase she was ...

Police efforts to arrest a man wanted on outstanding warrants quickly and tragically turned into a river search effort Wednesday afternoon in Trail, according to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. "The wanted man jumped out of a second floor window of a residence and attempted to swim away in the nearby Columbia River, in efforts to...

Here’s a boater that should take a refresher Safe Boating Course. Tuesday (July 9) evening RCMP in Penticton was called to the City Wharf after a boater parked his vessel on the dock.   Luckily, only one occupant on board received minor injuries, all the while several tourists on the wharf scrambled out of the […]

Falling asleep in a vehicle is not out of the ordinary. However, when you’re the driver of a vehicle falling asleep can very dangerous. A female driver lived to tell the story after dosing off on the Nelson arterial early Saturday morning and rolling a vehicle 15 meters down the embankment. The accident occurred at […]

The following is a press release from the Castlegar RCMP Crime Reduction Unit: On June 26 at 11:35 p.m., members of the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit arrested 20-year-old Sean Welsey Anderson at his Robson residence after members obtained a search warrant for his residence under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act....