Prophylactic policing has taken the spotlight in Trail this week, with three men arrested and sent to court for breach of conditions, according to RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr. “On Sept. 25, members of the Trail Crime Reduction Unit arrested 24-year-old Frederic Roy for outstanding warrants of arrest for Uttering Threats and Fail to Appear in […]

A 72-year-old man had his car impounded following a traffic accident south of Nelson on Highway 6 Thursday night. Nelson Police received a call at 9:18 p.m. of a single vehicle accident that lost control and came to rest off the travel portion of the highway. When officers arrived they found the vehicle partially in […]

A local man is facing several months in jail after two thefts and a breach of Probation conviction in court this week, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   "Thirty-four-year-old Trevor Isenor was sentenced to three months in jail for a theft from Total Pet on Sept. 20, and three months jail for a theft from Safeway...

Creston RCMP have issued a warning to the public regarding a violent sexual offender moving to the area. In a press release, they said, “Jason Neil Beaudry, age 34, was released from a provincial correctional institution on Sept. 17, and will be residing in Creston.” Police described Beadry as 5’11, weighing 185 pounds. He is […]

Students at Stanley Humphreys Secondary School were briefly evacuated this morning after a fire in a washroom garbage can set off the school’s alarms. Fire Chief Gerry Rempel said he got that call at 11:54 a.m., and by the time he spoke to The Source at 12:21 p.m., students had been allowed back in the […]

Three local men have been arrested for production and possession for purpose of trafficking marijuana after RCMP members attached to the Border Integrity Program took down the trio in possession of freshly harvested cannabis near an outdoor grow-op west of Nelson. In the late afternoon Friday, the Nelson Border Integrity unit staked out the grow-op […]

A 17 year-old woman was found suffering from a gunshot wound on Canning Road in Grand Forks, Saturday, Sept. 22. The teen, who is not from Grand Forks, called 911 from her cell phone requesting an ambulance at 12:10 a.m. When the ambulance and Grand Forks RCMP arrived on scene, they found the woman lying […]

Police are asking for the public’s help in investigating the shooting of a 17-year-old girl in Grand Forks. “On Sept. 22 (Saturday) at approximately 12:10 a.m., RCMP received a report of a 17-year-old female suffering from a gunshot wound,” he said. “She was lying on the roadway at Canning Road. The area where the young woman was […]

Two young Castlegar men have been sentenced to jail time after being convicted or drug charges, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   “On Sept. 19, at just after midnight, a routine traffic stop in Castlegar led to several charges being laid against a 22-year-old Castlegar man,” she said.   “An officer on patrol noted a vehicle at […]

The residents of Greenwood are reeling after the potential contamination of their drinking water was announced on Monday, Sept. 17. “There is a level of stress in the community, especially for some of the older folks,” said Greenwood mayor Nipper Kettle. “Who ever did this — it is ludicrous. It is unthinkable who would do […]