On Friday, May 2,  at 11:19 a.m. frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officers responded to 36-year-old Rossland man causing a disturbance inside a business located in the 1000 block of Rossland Avenue, in Trail, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “The officers located the man in the parking lot outside of the business. The […]

On Saturday, May 3, at 2:10 a.m. frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officers responded to a report of a home invasion at a residence in the 1900 block of Nevada Street, in Rossland. Officers discovered that two masked assailants with knives broke into the residence and attacked a 26-year-old Beaver Falls man. The victim, […]

On May 4, 2025 the Nelson Police Department executed a high-risk search warrant on a residence located on View Street, near Kootenay Lake Hospital, according to a press release issued Monday.  The search warrant was authorized after an illicit drug and illegal firearms investigation was completed by members of the NPD. Given the nature of […]

BAYAN Canada is devastated by the tragedy that has hit the Filipino community in Vancouver, BC. On the evening of Saturday, April 26, a driver drove his SUV into the crowd gathered at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival, causing 11 confirmed casualties and many more injuries. We grieve with all victims and their loved ones. Yesterday, […]

Explosives, guns, and firearms manufacturing equipment for building firearms were seized during a Kamloops investigation which brought the Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) into Chase last week, according to RCMP Media Relations Officer Cpl. Crystal Evelyn. “The ongoing investigation, which began earlier this year, made its presence known on Tuesday April 22, 2025, when members of […]

Keep your windshield free of distractions, your hands on your wheel, and your dog secured in a passenger seat. BC Highway Patrol wants you to avoid getting a ticket for preventable behaviour. On April 9, 2025, a driver on Lougheed Highway near Production Way in Burnaby, BC, was issued a ticket for driving while controls […]

BC, we have a problem with using our phones while driving; we also have a long way to go towards using seatbelts and car seats properly. BC Highway Patrol found more evidence of these road safety problems during the March Distracted Drivers and Occupant Restraint Campaign. Across the province in March, BC Highway Patrol wrote almost […]

The first quarter results from the Trail and District RCMP detachment are now available, and look very similar to the stats from the same quarter in 2024, with mental health calls taking up a large portion of police resources.. 27 assaults; 4 sexual offences; 1 theft of vehicles; 6 break and enters; 3 theft from […]

On Monday, March 10, a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report about a 66-year-old Trail woman who was defrauded of $8,800 after investing in cryptocurrency through a publicly available website,” according to RCMP Sht. Mike Wicentowich. “The woman was encouraged by the website to keep investing until the total amount of […]

Three Castlegar individuals have been arrested after a search, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Monty Taylor. Taylor said that on April 4, the Castlegar RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, with support from general duty officers and police dog services, executed a search warrant at a residence located in the 1300 block of Columbia Avenue in Castlegar. […]