A 27-year-old Calgary man is facing  charges stemming from an incident which occurred in Robson on Aug. 18, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Castlegar RCMP received a call of a suspicious vehicle parked in the Lion’s Head Pub parking lot,” she said. “The vehicle had been parked there over night and was covered […]

Demons, bears and hubcaps are just a few of the calls Nelson Police Department received during the past few days. A Father at a local church contacted NPD in need of help after an agitated man entered the place of worship. When officers arrived they found the male convulsing on the floor, claiming to be […]

The RCMP would like to advise the business communities throughout the Interior of the Province that several areas have recently experienced a spike in counterfeit money passing. Since 2012-07-26, RCMP have received twenty three (23) complaints where counterfeit currency was either passed or attempted to be passed in the communities of Oliver, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls, […]

A B & E, domestic dispute and a male arrested in Lakeside Park for breaching conditions kept Nelson Police busy last week. Friday (August 17), at 44-year-old was in the wrong place at the wrong time as police arrested the man in Lakeside Park for breaching his conditions on a recognizance of release regarding a […]

Police are recommending assault charges against a Castlegar man after he allegedly assaulted Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rempel last night. Rempel says he answered a call just before 9 p.m., in which a resident (whose name will not be released until/unless the Crown files formal charges) had a fire that was too large to be legal. […]

A group of young men had next time better check out the guest before extending an invitation to smoke a joint. Last Saturday (August 11) several young males were sitting in the 300 block of Victoria Street smoking marijuana when a pedestrian walked by them. Feeling hospitable, the group offered the person to join them. […]

Shambhala Music Festival is sad to inform the passing of one of our patrons in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 12. At approximately 5:20 a.m., a patron collapsed in the food court. Several patrons in the area quickly notified first aid services. First responders rushed to the scene and at that time found him […]

Sunday morning (Aug. 12), Trail RCMP Detachment were contacted by the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail.   Mitchell Joseph Fleischacker of Sidney was transported from the Shambhala Music Festival near Salmo to Trail, according to RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel.   “It is believed that the (Fleischacker), who had no identification, was suffering from a drug […]

City Police are applauding the quick actions of a local family in helping with the arrest of a 46-year-old male Friday evening. “The Nelson Police would like to commend the family for remaining calm and patient during a stressful incident,” acting Sergeant Dino Falcone said in an emailed press release early Saturday morning. Falcone’s comments […]

It was a busy weekend for Castlegar cops – including some serious gardening issues. Castlegar RCMP Cpl Debbie Postnikoff said police responded to 70 calls for service over the second long weekend of summer. “The calls were routine in nature and consisted mainly of traffic related incidents, liquor related offences and bylaw infractions,” she said. […]