Judge Don Sperry sentenced a Trail youth to two years of treatment and supervision after pleading guilty to 10 of 47 charges in Castlegar court Tuesday. The charges, ranging from extortion to impersonation, relate to the Internet luring of 10 boys between the ages of 10 and 14 years old, who were then coerced to […]

Castlegar’s ‘Million-dollar alley’ was the site of yet another crash yesterday, this time sending six people to hospital. According to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew, it was roughly 3 p.m. when two vehicles collided head-on while travelling Highway 22 near Trowelex. “A grey pick-up truck being driven by a 55-year-old man...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the man who died when a bridge on which he was standing was swept away by flood waters on June 23. The man has been identified as Edward Posnikoff, aged 72, of Crescent Valley. On the evening of June 23, Posnikoff was standing on a bridge […]

Ed Note: the following is a press release issued by Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew:   Charges have now been filed in the Mohawk robbery incident which occurred on Feb 27, 2011.    Robert Leggett, 40, of Trail, has been charged with Robbery, and Disguising Face with Intent to Commit an Indictable offence. Leggett appeared in […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman whose body was found floating in Okanagan Lake near Kelowna on June 19. She is Melissa Joy Van Diemen, aged 34, originally from Grand Forks, but most recently living in Kelowna. Ms. Van Diemen was last seen swimming in Okanagan Lake behind City Park on June 13. The...

Ian Jason Peregoodoff, 43 of Grand Forks, has been charged with two counts of arson and damage to private property and two counts of mischief after allegedly bottle bombing the Midway RCMP Detachment and police vehicle on Monday, June 18. Peregoodoff remains in police custody appeared in the Nelson provincial court on Wednesday,...

A Trail man is facing five criminal charges stemming from a recent shoplifting/resisting arrest incident in Castlegar, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “On June 15, RCMP received a report that an adult male had stolen a bottle of liquor from the Uptown Liquor Store,” she said. “The suspect was not identified or located […]

A man suffered minor burns during an early morning fire Thursday at a Canadian Pacific Rail building on the Nelson waterfront. In the early hours of Thursday (June 14) emergency crews were called to the Prestige Inn Lakeside Resort to a report a man had been injured in a fire. The 41-year-old male was taken […]

Christopher James Cusack, the 47 year-old Grand Forks man charged with two counts of arson endangering life in connection with the fires at the Grand Forks Hotel and the Winnipeg Hotel, is scheduled to appear in the Grand Forks court on Tuesday, June 19. During this court appearance he is asking for a judicial interm […]

A campaign to decriminalize marijuana in B.C. is putting local politicians on the spot – including Castlegar’s Mayor Lawrence Chernoff. A coalition of eight B.C. mayors, through Stop the Violence BC campaign, sent a letter in April urging provincial leaders to “support the regulation and taxation of marijuana”, citing public heath concerns and crime reduction […]