Apparently, local police aren’t going to buy it, if you tell them the $59,000 in your trunk is just extra spending cash, according to West Kootenay Traffic Services Sgt. Derrick Donovan.   “On Feb. 11 at approximately 7 p.m.,  an officer from the Nelson West Kootenay Traffic Services, with the assistance of the Salmo RCMP, […]

Robberies of Subway restaurants have taken place in multiple jurisdictions in the Lower Mainland and Langley is no exception. From Feb. 2 – 8, nine robberies took place at Edible Arrangements and various Subways and pizza establishments. Police determined the occurrences were linked by a variety of similarities, including – the robber wore a bandana, […]

Reducing fatalities and serious injuries is the number one priority of the BC RCMP Traffic Services. Which is why in February, RCMP officers around the province will be targetting distracted drivers. “In the month of February police across B.C. will be targeting drivers who operate vehicles while using a handheld device,” said Cpl Robert McDonald […]

A 29-year-old Nelson man has been remanded to appear in court Tuesday after threatening to stab staff at the Real Canadian Wholesale Club Friday with a hypodermic needle he claimed was filled with HIV contaminated blood. The incident occurred at 11 a.m. Friday (February 8) when staff noticed the man shoplifting items at the waterfront […]

Five men pleaded not guilty yesterday to the rape and murder of a 23-year-old Delhi student. They face 13 charges and the death penalty in a specially set up "fast track court". The accused, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Kumar, Ram Singh, Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur, signed statements in the court declaring their innocence. The five...

Nelson police confirmed in a media release Thursday the lab found in the Rosemont residence last week contained only small quantities of solvents and posed no risk to anyone in the surrounding residences. “Nelson Police Department can confirm that a drug lab located in the basement of the residence was not a methamphetamine lab,” Nelson […]

Canada Border Service agents at a land crossing near Nelson, BC put an end to a man-hunt which crossed the northern Canada/US border. John Peter Ollivier, 45, of Ketchikan, Alaska, is alleged to have been responsible for a rash of break & enters in Alaska before stealing a boat and crossing the marine border into […]

The BC Coroners Service confirmed the identity of a man who was found deceased in a Rosemont residence Friday (February 1) by friends as Andrew John Meisner, aged 33, of Nelson. Two friends found Meisner when they went to check on the Nelsont resident after they had been unable to reach him for some hours. […]

The family of the 33-year-old man found dead in a Rosemont duplex Friday night is upset with some of the media reports and rumours circulating that their son had a “meth lab” in the residence. The parents, currently travelling to Nelson from Eastern Canada, was told by police there is no “meth lab” in the […]

We’ve all probably done it — hidden a purse or wallet in the car, while you’ve taken the dog for a walk, hoping car thieves aren’t active in that park. Or left a purchase in the backseat, while you ran into another store. Or, perhaps you’ve left your tools in your work van overnight, waking […]