RCMP Cpl Jason Burndred has good news in the case of the missing person from Winlaw. In a media release Sunday afternoon, Burndred said 16-year-old Quinlan Kruse has been found after going missing Friday. "Quinlan Kruse has been located and is well," Burndred said in the release. Brundred said RCMP wanted to thank everyone ...

I’ve wracked my brain on this issue, but I can’t see any other way to get the government’s attention on this issue, the issue being what I perceive to be outrageous delays in IIO investigations of officer-involved fatal shootings in our area (for the background story, click here): I think the RCMP members in question […]

The Independent Investigations Office is responsible for investigating two officer-involved fatal shootings in the region in the past two years. In a second interview, conducted this week (the first was in March of 2015, to read that story, click here ) the Source again asked why the investigations were taking so long (to put...

John Ferguson of the West Kootenay Traffic Services said police is concerned heading into the New Year after RCMP saw an increase in impaired driving charges in 2015. "Our impaired driving charges increased by 35 percent and our 1, 3 and 7 day alcohol suspensions increased by 100 per cent," Ferguson said in a year-end media...

On New Year's Eve, an average of two people are killed — 30 people are injured in 100 crashes in the Southern Interior — and 200 are injured in more than 600 crashes every year on B.C. roads.* In the last five years, three people have also been killed in impaired driving related crashes on New Year's Eve.** During the holidays,...

What started out as a traffic stop on Old Spallumcheen Road near Sicamous BC, ended with Sicamous RCMP and an RCMP dog handler tracking a suspect in the Mara Lake area. “At around 2:30 a.m. on Dec 28, a Sicamous RCMP officer had his marked police cruiser rammed by a vehicle that he had stopped […]

Nelson RCMP is asking the public to be on the lookout for people responsible for a rash of thefts in the area of Crescent Valley during the past few weeks. Const. Bill Long of the Nelson RCMP said in a media release the bandits strike at anytime of the day. “The break enter and thefts […]

No one was injured after RCMP rescued a man from a burning building Sunday evening at an Eagle Bay area home near Salmon Arm. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a media release the barricaded man was pulled out of the building by Salmon Arm RCMP officers after he set fire the to the residence. "Salmon Arm RCMP responded to a...

Nelson Police are asking the public to be vigilant when selling items or taking phone calls from people suggesting to be part of financial institutions after the department received complaints from the public during the past few days. The initial complaint was made to NPD dispatch Tuesday afternoon. A Nelson resident had accepted a proposal […]

RCMP Cpl Kathleen Thain said a lone male suspect made away with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday evening, after holding up a restaurant employee at the Keremeos Subway. Thain said the robbery happened Wednesday (December 16) at around 9 pm. Keremeos RCMP responded to the Subway Restaurant following the armed robbery ...