The body of 54-year-old Wade Brunelle was recovered this morning after a summer rafting trip turned tragic last night.   Brunelle fell from his raft into the river east of Grand Forks about 100 metres from the confluence of the Kettle and Granby rivers in deep water. He was rafting with his brother who lost […]

Search teams worked frantically Sunday night for a missing tuber from the Kettle River. Fire Chief Blair MacGregor was on site directing teams working alongside the Grand Forks Search and Rescue as the RCMP oversaw the operation. Volunteers lined the banks and bridges of the river south of where the Kettle meets the Granby looking […]

Four bears euthanized so far this year at Christina Lake can’t be identified as being part of the group of “drug” bears found last year at a local grow op, according to ministry staff.  Kootenay region Inspector Aaron Canuel of the Ministry of Environment says the bear situation at the Lake is fairly normal for […]

To the editor:  Let me begin by saying this letter is addressing the enablers… the ones who turn a blind eye to something theyd rather not be aware of. When a situation is worthy of being top national news, it should be just that … not what has happened in our town regarding the abuse […]

The RCMP got their man, David Wesley Bobbitt, Wednesday thanks to an alert orchardist just south of Oliver. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said Bobbitt, 35, was trying to set up camp on the orchardist’s property when the owner approached the Penticton man and asked him to leave. “Following the conversation between the two, the […]

Another phone scam is ringing in the ears of Nelsonites — this one with cyber twist. A computer and telephone fraud scam is currently plaguing the Nelson area, with fraudsters posing as company representatives cold calling people to tell them that — for example — their computer is running slow or has viruses. They then […]

 Photo: The broken trees and grass where the truck went over the embankment. According to RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff, “To get the full effect one must really go to the top of the hill and look down…his journey through the dense wood, though the field and then driving into the house is amazing.  It is […]

Hot summer weather saw a hike in the number of people drinking and driving last weekend, including people driving boats and ATVs. “You can be charged with impaired driving while operating any motor vehicle – even a scooter,” said RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff. A road block set up on Broadwater Road saw just such an […]

A man is in Nelson Police Department prison after allegedly “going berserk,” assaulting strangers and brandishing a knife in the Heritage city Wednesday night. “At approximately 7:45 p.m., a worker at the Greyhound station in Nelson heard pounding on the wall of the station,” said Nelson police Sgt. Paul Burkart. “He went outside (and) without […]

Police say they have solid leads in the investigation of dramatic vandalism at Zuckerberg Island last weekend, but they’re still asking the public to come forward with any information people might have regarding the culprits responsible for trashing the community site. “We’re convinced that someone saw who did this,” said RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Enough […]