A mountain bike, computer, rifle and some jewelery were taken from a private residence on 17 Street in Grand Forks over the weekend.  The break and enter was reported on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2:13 p.m. The culprit kicked down the door of the home to gain access.  The owner is out of town and […]

A bogus lottery phone scam defrauded a Nelson area woman out of thousands of dollars. An elderly female from Taghum first received a phone call in late August, 2011 from Jamaica.  She was advised that she had won the “Winners Circle International” for $5.5 million.  The women recalled entering a contest through a magazine subscription and […]

‘Tis the season for designated drivers. For those about to drink, think ahead. The Nelson Police and the RCMP have launched their CounterAttack Drinking and Driving campaign — an effort to avoid the mixing of alcohol, people and their automobiles. With BC having the toughest drinking driving laws in Canada, the consequences are severe and […]

 A 17-year old Christina Lake boy has returned home safely after getting lost looking for the family cat, Dec. 4. The Christina Lake Fire Department was called to a Fife Road residence by the boy’s parents after he didn’t return from searching a forested area close to the home looking for the family cat. He’d […]

The last time Olivier Howard was seen he was hitchhiking from the New Denver area in late April, 2011. Nelson Police are still looking for Howard, 30, seven months later and are requesting the assistance of the public regarding his disappearance. Howard is described as a Caucasian male, 183 cm (six feet) tall and weighs […]

A Passmore man was charged with with production of marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking after Slocan Lake and Nakusp RCMP executed a warrant on a house situated in the 3900 block of Highway 6 late last week. On Nov. 29, members of both detachments sought and obtained judicial authorization to […]

 A 36-year-old Rossland man is facing 14 counts of theft of mail after several hundred pieces of mail went missing. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said police arrested the man, a sub-contracted janitor at the post office, on Nov. 28.  “Canada Post had noticed a recent trend of customer complaints of non receipt of mail […]

Stolen guns, seasonal check stops and slick roads made a busy start to the holiday season for Grand Forks RCMP.   Stolen guns and a suspicious person   A break and enter and a suspicous incident left police looking for answers on Nov. 24.  The first was a break and enter at 12:12 p.m. into […]

Solicitor General Shirley Bond had this statement Wednesday regarding the B.C. Supreme Court decision on Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) legislation: “Today, Justice Jon Sigurdson issued a decision on the constitutionality of B.C.’s Immediate Roadside Prohibition program and substantially upheld the program, saying that this is “validly enacted provincial legislation.” The court did find that for […]

A passenger died after being thrown from a truck he was travelling in when it lost control on slippery roads today. 72-year-old Jacob Giesbrecht of Grand Forks was not wearing his seatbelt when he was ejected from the truck as it slid off the road and died as a result of his injuries. The driver […]