Missing man recovered from Kettle River
Grand Forks Search and Rescue and Christina Lake Fire Department successfully recovered a body from the Cascade Cove area of the Kettle River, near Grand Forks. The body, found Monday, Aug. 6, has been positively identified as the missing 50-year-old male visitor, Andrew Barrie. He is the last of the three people to be recovered following […]
From the files of NPD — Red Deer woman charged with 90-Day Roadside Prohibition
A Red Deer woman started her party early, 8 a.m. MDT, before being arrested Thursday (August 2) in the parking lot of the A&W restaurant in Nelson. At 5:25 p.m., Nelson Police received a report of a suspected impaired driver in the lot of the A&W. Officers arrived to find 55-year-old female Alberta resident displaying […]
Police investigate assault on Fairview resident by known attackers
Nelson Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance after a lower Fairview resident ended up in Trail Hospital following a brutal assault by known attackers. Approximately 10:15 p.m. (Thursday) July 26, a man heard the sound of breaking glass near the rear door of his house. When the man investigated the commotion he was […]
UPDATED: Two men to appear in Kelowna court after arrests in high-speed car chase in Okanagan
Two men will appear in Kelowna Court following a high-speed chase through the Okanagan and onto Vernon that included shots being fired at officers. As a result of their arrests during Tuesday’s incident, the two are now being held as a result of unrelated outstanding warrants and have been remanded into custody. Shawn Adam […]
Two car accidents in as many days, not to mention criminal mischief and drunk driving, plague Castlegar
Police are reporting car crashes and mischief as the week unfolds, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. She said today (Tuesday) at roughly 10:15 a.m., Castlegar RCMP responded to an accident in which a 42-year-old man from the Island was exiting Columbia Ave via the on-ramp near the Chevron station towards the Kinnaird […]
Quick action saves driver from vehicle fire
Quick action by a Good Samaritan may have save a man’s life Saturday in Nelson. While the man was driving his just repaired vehicle on Vernon Street, another person noticed near Hall Street that the car was on fire. The man flagged the driver down to warn the driver of the fire. Nelson Police and […]
Second body found in Cascade Gorge
A 71-year-old Christina Lake woman’s body was recovered by helicopter this morning from the Cascade Falls gorge after dying from injuries sustained when her raft was dragged over the falls by the current on Saturday afternoon. The woman’s body was trapped in an eddy just below the first steps of the falls along the Kettle...
Two missing after raft swept over falls
One person is dead and two more are missing after the raft they were floating in went over Cascade Falls near Christina Lake Saturday afternoon. There were four people in the raft on the Kettle River when they neared the falls and attempted to reach shore. A 16-year-old boy jumped from the raft and was able to swim to the...
Two Pass Creek residents arrested after grow-op bust
Two Pass Creek residents were arrested after a grow-op raid yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “On July 25, members of the Castlegar Detachment Crime Reduction Unit with assistance from Castlegar Detachment General Duty and Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment GIS executed a search warrant issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act on the […]
Celgar sentenced for 2008 spill
On July 25, Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership was sentenced in B.C. Provincial court for depositing acutely lethal effluent into the Columbia River, and for other offences under the Environmental Management Act. The sentencing is the result of a conviction on February 16, 2012, following an eight-day trial. Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership was fined a total of […]
