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....

Police received a bizarre call June 27, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "On June 27 at 6:37 p.m., a complaint was received of an incident that had occurred approximately 20 minutes from Castlegar near the Nancy Greene Junction. A caller reported that there was a male that had been acting strangely inside of the...

A Castlegar cyclist was struck by a van on Columbia Avenue yesterday (July 3) according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "(At about 8:15 a.m.), Castlegar RCMP, Fire and EMS were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a cyclist that had been struck by a van," she said. "The van was travelling northbound near the 1700...

May saw Castlegar RCMP dealing with drug issues and compliance with court orders, according to a Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) report penned by Cpl. Darryl Orr (non-commissioned officer in charge of CRU in both Castlegar and Trail). The first day of May brought a win for CRU, when a 21-year-old female was finally convicted of ...

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) Canada is bringing its Call 911 message to the waterways, supported by the Province of British Columbia, to highlight the dangers of impaired boating and encourage the boating community to help prevent it. “By working together with MADD Canada and the RCMP, we hope all British Columbians take a moment […]