Police in Kent, England, have described a woman who called the emergency services to report the theft of a snowman as “completely irresponsible.” The woman rang 999 after noticing the snowman outside her house had vanished.   “There’s been a theft from outside my house,” she told the operator. “I haven’t been out to check […]

Monday saw people across the country, including here in Castlegar, marking a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. Held in honour of the anniversary of the massacre of 14 women in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989, Monday’s vigils were also intended to underline the continuing tragedy  of women dead or missing […]

Police are warning parents to keep an eye out for a suspicious male who may have tried to lure local children near a Castlegar school. “On Thursday … at 6:45 p.m., three youths were sledding behind Castlegar Primary School when they observed a suspicious male hiding in the bushes watching them,” said RCMP Const. Tyler Mills. […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A Crime Stoppers tip has landed one man in jail and handed a woman an eight-month conditional sentence after both pled guilty on drug charges in Nakusp Provincial Court Thursday. Slocan residents Ezra Buller, 36, and Angela Jacobs, 32, were both convicted of charges of production of a controlled […]

 Wikileaks‘ website is reportedly under attack as it prepares to release up to 2.7 million documents, described as “diplomatic dynamite”, detailing communication between United States embassies. “We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack,” the organisation said on its Twitter feed. The website, run by Julian Assange, retaliated by saying that even if their website goes down, several […]

The search for missing Australian man, Owen Rooney, has been extended to Vancouver Island after possible sightings.  One incident in Nanaimo occurred on Nov. 5 but was not reported to police until one week later. The adult female caller told police she saw a news report that same night and decided after watching it that […]

The Nelson Daily staff A sizable marijuana grow operation has been unearthed in an Uphill neighbourhood. Nelson Police Department officers have busted a marijuana grow operation in the basement of an Uphill home, with three people facing charges after 90 plants in full bloom were seized by police. According to police, the...