After seven years of searching and chasing leads, the family of Owen Kiernan Rooney has finally gotten some closure. The remains of the 24-year-old Australian man were found by the Grand Forks Search and Rescue Unit while they were doing a training exercise on Hardy Mountain. The remains were found at the foot of the mountain,...

S/Sgt. Annie Linteau, E Division Senior Media Relations Officer with the RCMP said in a media release Thursday, police are continuing their investigation of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred on Tuesday (July 4, 2017) between 9:30-9:50 a.m. at the Boundary Creek Provincial Park, located four kilometres west of Greenwood.   Linteau said a woman […]

ICBC and police are urging drivers to plan ahead for a safe ride home if any of your activities this summer involve alcohol, especially with Canada celebrating its 150th birthday this weekend. Each year in B.C., 66 people die in crashes involving impaired driving and nearly half* of those deaths happen during summer months. On […]

Kelowna RCMP said the suspect who sparked a multi detachment man hunt Tuesday afternoon, and prompted a warning to the public to avoid picking up hitch hikers is now in police custody and faces potential charges. Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey spokesperson for the Kelowna Regional RCMP said in a media release, just prior to 12 noon […]

“Repulsive” is the reaction from Regional District of Central Kootenay Parks Operation Supervisor Cary Gaynor, to the reports of vandals earlier this month who painted a set of swastikas along a public access road to Morning Mountain Recreation Site located west of Nelson. “It’s always alarming when graffiti of this kind is found,” Gaynor told […]

Nelson Police Department is asking for public assistance in locating a Nelson man missing since early June. Darwen Greyeyes, 55, was last seen at 9:30 p.m. on (Sunday) June 4, 2017. “He was last seen in the 200 block of Anderson Street in Nelson,” said Nelson Police Sergeant Dino Falcone in a media release Sunday. […]

On June 17 at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP responded to a call regarding a dog that had been thrown from a car window, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “The witness stated that a car had driven into the rural area of Woodland Drive near the gravel pit in Castlegar, thrown the dog out the […]

  The Nelson Police Department would like to make something specifically clear — the police force does not solicit money from the public through direct or through a third party. Cst. Alain Therrien said in a media release Monday Nelson Police would like to send out an alert regarding the latest scam that targets the public....

Investigators with the Trail and Greater District RCMP and West Kootenay Traffic Services attended a fatal collision on Hwy 22 near Genelle this past Tuesday. On June 13 at 3:20 p.m. the Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report of a head-on collision on Highway 22 near Genelle. Upon attending the location, investigators determined that […]

Unlocked vehicles are being targeted by thieves in Warfield, according to RCMP Cpl. Devon Reid. "On June 2, Trail RCMP received 13 reports of theft from unoccupied motor vehicles in the Warfield area," Reid said in a press release early Friday afternoon. "In each case, police were advised that the target vehicles had been...