New pot laws could overwhelm B.C. jails
The CBC is reporting that new proposed changes to minimum sentences in the “tough on crime” legislation will overfill the province’s already crowded jails. If passed, the federal government’s new law will mean a six-month minimum sentence for anyone convicted of growing between six and 200 cannabis plants. Growing more than 200 to 500 plants […]
RCMP: Grand Forks men part of smuggling arrests
Two Grand Forks men, aged 31 and 40, were arrested along with six other men when the RCMP Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) seized approximately 119 pounds of marijuana en route to the United States. The smuggling incident was intercepted on Wednesday, Sept. 21 when the team stopped a 2004 Ford F150 white pick-up […]
Combined air effort by police brings down marijuana grow operation on the ground
Air services and the RCMP auxiliary constable program combined forces to bust a marijuana grow operation in Slocan Wednesday. Slocan Lake RCMP said an auxiliary constable had flown the area in the RCMP helicopter from the Southeast District Air Services Program several months ago, spotting and recording the GPS coordinates of a number of outdoor […]
Respected international tourism organization falls victim to fraud
A “valued” member of the International Selkirk Loop is alleged to have embezzled funds from the organization, it was recently found. Suspicion of missing funds was brought to light during a recent tax preparation, a press release from the ISL read Sept. 13, and was later verified by an independent CPA firm. The case is […]
Break and enter and assault with a weapon lands woman in jail
Unrequited love led to throwing a computer at an ex-boyfriend, landing an 18-year-old Nelson woman in jail. Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 police responded to an assault in progress at an apartment building in Rosemont. Witnesses reported that an eighteen-year-old female entered an apartment belonging to the female acquaintance of her ex-boyfriend. The […]
Trail grow operation sends couple to court in November
Two people will be facing charges after RCMP discovered a small indoor marijuana grow operation on their property over the weekend. Police found 21 plants along with a quantity of marijuana bud and magic mushrooms in the home. Two adults were arrested shortly after the search was completed by police, and will be in court […]
Sinixt begin appeal process over Perry Ridge ruling
The Sinixt Nation could be back in court in Vancouver in October over their continued opposition to logging on Perry Ridge, as court records show the final factum in their appeal has now been filed. Although the notice of appeal was filed March 4, 2011 with the B.C. Court of Appeal in Vancouver — regarding […]
Although tot returned home safe, questions linger
The Calgary Herald reports. The town of Sparwood sits in a mountain valley at a sharp turn in Highway 3 in the middle of nothing between the Crowsnest Pass and Fernie. It boasts a grocery store, one decent hotel, an A&W and what was once the world’s largest truck — titled the Terex Titan, the […]
Former Nelsonite Jennifer Cusworth's cold case murder trial begins in Kelowna court
A 20-year-old cold case of the murder of a former Nelson resident is now seeing the light of day in a Kelowna courtroom, the CBC reported Friday. On Thursday the trial began as footage was shown in a Kelowna courtroom of investigators lifting former LV Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth’s body from a ditch on Swamp […]
Singleton gets three years for fraud and theft conviction
Three years in prison now await the former Nelson lawyer who was convicted of fraud and theft from an estate while he was executor. Marvin Singleton, 78, was sentenced Friday in Nelson Supreme Court. His sentence was down from the up to six years that the Crown had asked for. After years on the run […]
