A random assault, an unprovoked violent outburst and a running skateboarder highlighted a mixed bag of nuts for the Nelson Police as they grappled with 85 calls for service late last week. A Safeway employee was on a work break and was seated outside of the store on Anderson Street on Wednesday afternoon, when a […]

A 23-year-old Trail man has been convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 34 months in jail following an investigation by Castlegar RCMP involving a young teenage girl, according to Sgt. Laurel Mathew.  “Since he has been in custody for four months, he will serve the additional 30 months now,” she said.   “Police are […]

 A horrifying document posted on Facebook and penned by two local men has reached the attention of both Castlegar city council and the RCMP.   Created by two young, adult Castlegar men, the page is a lengthy, step-by-step guide on how to get young girls (between the ages of 13 and 15) to have sex, […]

The financial piper will be paid by Trail’s Teck Metals Inc. for two chemical spills into local waterways the company was found at fault for in 2010. Teck will pay $325,000 for depositing mercury into the Columbia River, and allowing a leachate to overflow into Stoney Creek. In consultation with Teck, a decision was made […]

Six young people have been identified and arrested in the residential break and enter in Uphill Nelson from Tuesday, April 26. Nelson Police said the youths were aged 12, 13, 15, 15, 15 and 16. Approximately $45,000 worth of jewelry, electronic devices and currency was stolen in the break-in. The youths have been released to […]

Two more Nelsonites have come forward to report that they were the victims of Internet fraud, the Nelson Police said Monday. In the first incident, a woman reported she had placed an ad to sell her personal bike. The seller thought she had sold her bike after receiving a money order from the buyer, but […]

Bears are back in Nelson. On Saturday a motorist called the Nelson Police Department to report a sighting of two “sub-adult” grizzly bears on Highway 6 near the local cemetery service road. “They appeared to be grazing by the road and not causing any issues,” said NPD Const. P. Bayes. The next day, a hiker […]

 Four officers from London’s Metropolitan Police went on trial today accused of repeatedly beating a Muslim arrested on suspicion of helping “terrorist organisations operating abroad.” The men deny assaulting Babar Ahmad, 36, in his home, in a police van and in a police station. The assault charges stem from the December 2003 arrest in the city’s south-west. Less […]

Two meter high flames leaped above the rim of a steel bin before firefighters arrived on the scene to douse a dumpster fire Tuesday night in the alleyway behind Pharmasave in Grand Forks.   “Something just didn’t smell right,” was the initial impression of Jay Alblas, night manager at Panago Pizza. At approximately 8:18 p.m., […]

Last year, the Operations Communications Center (OCC) in Kelowna received a total of 221,073 911 calls, of which 46,033 were abandoned. Over half (53 percent) of those abandoned calls were generated from mobile devices, as more and more people are primarily using wireless technology as means of communication. The RCMP Southeast District 911 OCC located in Kelowna […]