City complaint turns into grow operation bust
A Public Works complaint turned into a marijuana grow operation bust Sunday in the hospital area of the city. Using some information from the complaint, police obtained a search warrant to enter the residence in the neighbourhood around Kootenay Lake Hospital where they discovered 400 plants amidst a sizable marijuana grow operation. The equipment was […]
Local woman to serve drug-dealing sentence behind bars
A convicted drug trafficker will be spending the rest of her sentence in jail after breaching the conditions of her sentence, according to police.Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock said 48-year-old Castlegar woman Barb Nelson was convicted in June 2010 of two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, and was subsequently...
Castlegar car bomb raises explosive issues
A car bomb that exploded in Ootischenia this morning has brought up a number of issues, not the least of which (of course) is “whodunit”. Police say they don’t yet have any suspects in the bombing, which occurred in the 1300 block of Columbia Road at about 1 a.m. “Castlegar RCMP officers responded, […]
Serial killer suspected loose in New York, more bodies found
Police in Suffolk County, New York suspect that a serial killer may be on the loose in the area, following the discovery of eight bodies on beaches near the New York City area since December 2010. The latest discovery of three corpses was made by investigators on Gilgo Beach, which is a barrier island […]
Bridge jumper situation diffused by police
Police diffused a potentially volatile situation on Friday night as a woman prepared to jump from the Nelson Bridge. Around 12:40 a.m. on Saturday morning Nelson Police officers were called to the scene on the bridge as a distraught female threatened to jump. “Police arrived in time to prevent the female from doing so and […]
Thirty-year-old Castlegar man faces handful of charges
A 30-year-old Castlegar man may be facing charges ranging from impaired driving to assaulting a police officer and escaping lawful custody after an incident yesterday. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said a passerby called the RCMP to report that he believed there was an impaired driver in the ditch in the 2000 block of ...
RCMP say grandma's grow-op was a righteous raid
Castlegar RCMP are standing by their raid of a marijuana grow-op in Pass Creek last month after the grow’s owner, Velma Mullaney, alleged unfair treatment by police. Mullaney spoke to several local media outlets, claiming she and her partner had permits to grow 49 plants each, and that police refused to either look at her […]
Fire at hospital puts one person in police custody
A fire in the isolation room on the third floor of Kootenay Lake Hospital has sent one person into police custody under the suspicion of arson. Nelson Fire Department firefighters and hospital staff managed to contain the fire that broke out in the room occupied by one person at the time. The lone occupant of […]
Historic hotel destroyed by fire
Fire took the one of the oldest hotels in the Boundary region last night in Beaverdell. Witnesses say that the fire was noticed at about 2 a.m. and the intense heat took the building quickly. Although there is speculation flying around the small community, the cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Local […]
Bear feeding Christina Lake man to be sentenced at end of year
Self-proclaimed “bear dude” Allen Piche plead guilty to charges of feeding dangerous wildlife under the Wildlife Act. The case, heard Tuesday in Grand Forks Provincial Court, stemmed from a raid on his property at Christina Lake that uncovered a grow-op along with up to two dozen black bears. Last month Piche plead not guilty to […]
