Teams and tech unleashed to identify, prosecute rioters
The B.C. Criminal Justice Branch has put in place a team of professional Crown prosecutors who will work with police and lead all aspects of the prosecution related to the June 15 riot, Premier Christy Clark announced Friday. Evidence amassed in the coming weeks will determine the ultimate size and extent of the prosecutorial team […]
Premier pens open letter addressing Vancouver riots
An open letter to British Columbians from Premier Clark British Columbians are understandably embarrassed and disappointed by Wednesday night’s activities. It should have been a celebration of the tremendous effort by the Canucks in their playoff run. It turned into a shameful display of behaviour by people bent on violence. The vast majority of citizens […]
Smugglers arrested with 159 pounds of ecstasy tablets
A drug smuggling attempt failed when United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents seized five backpacks with 159 pounds of ecstasy at the Washington state border near Christina Lake last Friday. CBP Public Information Officer James Frackleton explained that the seizure was a result of good coordinated tactical planning and utilization of advanced detection […]
RCMP bust 'sophisticated' grow operation in Salmo; NCP stop suicide attempt
Around 250 marijuana plants were seized by RCMP from two “sophisticated” grow operations in Salmo on Thursday. The investigation into the property began following a traffic stop in May of 2011 in which 21 marihuana plants and several pounds of marihuana were seized from two adult men in the Salmo area. Members of the RCMP […]
Lobby group calls for criminal charges against Castlegar men who penned 'Deflowered in Seconds'
Ed note: The following is a press release issued by a lobby group, in which they name the Castlegar men who penned ‘Deflowered in Seconds’. I agonized over whether to publish these names … at first choosing not to, for fear of repercussions for myself and the young men involved. However, I now know this […]
RCMP: Please, no more rotting-corpse deliveries
Local police became the gurus of gross last weekend, after a local couple deposited a rotting corpse in the lobby of the Castlegar RCMP detachment. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff said a couple came in at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, after stumbling across a corpse in rural Castlegar. Believing the remains to be human, the […]
'Internationally well known DJ' lands in NPD cells overnight for Immigration violation
An immigration violation by an “internationally well known DJ” from the U.S. landed the man in jail Friday night. Nelson Police arrested the 27-year-old DJ and U.S. citizen at a local bar for the violations around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday. The man was transported to the Nelson Police Department, served a detention order by Immigration […]
Man asks people driving down Baker Street to 'run him over'
A man who requested that people driving down Baker Street run him over as he rode his bike Wednesday evening is now in the hospital. The 33-year-old man was arrested by Nelson Police under the Mental Health Act and was transported to Kootenay Lake Hospital where a physician admitted him to a psychiatric facility. Prior […]
Youth worker says Facebook abuse manual just tip of terrifying Castlegar iceberg
A how-to manual detailing how to abuse young girls that was posted on Facebook by two Castlegar men is but the tip of a terrifying iceberg, according to local youth worker James McFaddin. McFaddin, youth worker and men’s outreach coordinator for Castlegar & District Community Services Society, said the document ‘Deflowered in Seconds’ is the […]
May long weekend quiet for Castlegar cops
Castlegar police are reporting a quiet May long weekend, with only 28 calls for service, according to RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock. “That’s compared to 58 calls for service over the same time frame last year,” he said, explaining that number represents calls that came in between 5 p.m. Friday and 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning. Pollock...
