An answer to the mysterious death of former L.V. Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth 18 years ago has now been unearthed, the Vancouver Province reported Thursday. A B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna found Neil Snelson, 44, of Kelowna guilty of manslaughter in the cold case killing of Cusworth, down from the initial charge of first-degree murder. […]

A call to the Provincial Crown Counsel office in Nelson B.C. shortly after 10 a.m. this morning (Ocft. 6) warned of a bomb in the Rossland courthouse. Pending further investigation, RCMP will not release the caller’s identity or any details of the call except that it, “indicated the safety and security of the public and […]

Tonight, at 6 p.m., will see Castlegar’s 12th annual Take Back the Night march, an event designed to raise awareness around violence against women. Attendees will gather in the Canadian Tire parking lot and march along Columbia Avenue to the Safeway parking lot, where there will be speeches, music, an Aboriginal drum circle and refreshments.  […]

The RCMP is now publishing online the addresses of homes where marijuana grow-ops and other drug production operations were found — with one West Kootenay address already on the list. The new page on the RCMP’s website is part of a new effort by police to target marijuana grow-ops and the organized crime gangs behind […]

Nelson RCMP Border Integrity Program officers were instrumental in seizing another helicopter they say was used to smuggle drugs between the U.S. and Canada. A Bell 206 helicopter police say was being used to smuggling cocaine from Canada into the U.S. was seized by RCMP from Spallumcheen, about five hours north of Nelson in the […]

Rolling up to the border, fumbling for the passport, stop-go-stop-go, turn off the radio, turn off the engine, the steely eye contact, skill testing questions, drugs no, guns no, criminal record no, sausage. What? Umm, I don’t think so, I mean no… more steely eye contact. Border crossing can get the heart pumping. No matter […]

Escaped prisoner Dennis Haines was arrested Sunday night when police responded to a call about an unconscious man on the side of the highway in Christina Lake.   Haines, 38, who walked away from a work detail camp near Jasper, Alberta on Sept. 27, was serving a sentence for nine counts of armed robbery in […]

A man under the influence of street drugs took to wrecking his apartment Monday evening and throwing furniture, appliances and other items through his closed third-floor windows down onto the roadway below. “Fortunately no one was standing below the windows when the tirade began, and no injuries were reported,” said NPD Sgt. Steve Bank. When […]

Police are unable to interview either man involved in a single-vehicle collision Saturday morning near Nakusp, say police. Const. Mark Macaulay of the Nakusp RCMP said the two men — including a 37-year-old man from Trail — remain in serious condition at Vancouver General Hospital.  “(We) are unable to interview either individual at this time due […]

Although the man accused of killing former L.V. Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth admits he was at the same party as her almost 20 years ago, he denied involvement in her murder, the CBC’s Brady Strachan reported. Father of four Neil Snelson insisted in court Tuesday he was not part of the murder of 19-year-old Cusworth, […]