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Second NPD officer dies in hospital following avalanche

by Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Saturday Jan 21 2023

Nelson Const. Mathieu Nolet was welcomed to the department during the swearing in ceremony by Police Chief Donovan Fisher. — City of Nelson photo

Nelson Police is dealing with another loss to the department after it was announced Saturday that a second officer involved in a backcountry skiing accident has died.

Nelson Police Chief Donovan Fisher said this morning via video release that Const. Mathieu Nolet had succumbed to his injuries and died Saturday morning at Kelowna Regional Hospital.

Chief Fisher said that Nolet’s fiancée, sister and parents were at his side.

“It is hard to fully express the sadness we are feeling here,” said Chief Fisher.

Kootenay River ‘interests’ to take centre stage in upcoming Columbia River Treaty talks

by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Saturday Jan 21 2023

Kinbasket Reservoir in spring drawdown — Columbia River Treaty Local Governments Committee website.

The plight and height of the Kootenay River will be the current of conversation when the Columbia River Treaty talks go virtual early next month.

A virtual information session is slated for Feb. 2 — with another on Jan. 30 on the Columbia River — to provide details and answer questions about the process, with the focus on Kootenay River “interests.”

Those interests — as well as information on the Columbia River Treaty Local Governments Committee’s initiative — will be revealed in the two webinars, along with the performance measures that have been identified to date.

Argenta Man Reels in Dozens of Kootenay Lake Trout, Wins $1000 Title

by Contributor on Friday Jan 20 2023

Carl Johnson said the prize is just a nice bonus, like, welcome to the New Year.

The next time Carl Johnson’s grandchildren come to town, there will be plenty of new gear to take fishing after the Argenta retiree reeled in $1,000 in prizes from the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program. 

With a little help from his grandchildren, Carl has caught “50 or 60 trout” this season. 

“Whenever they come up from Vancouver, they always say let’s go fishing and it’s still a thrill for them to come home and eat what they caught,” said Johnson, a former government employee. “It gives us some entertainment away from the computer, too.” 

‘Considerable’ avalanche conditions persist, but are slowing: Avalanche Canada

by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Friday Jan 20 2023

Avalanche conditions are rated as “considerable” at the treeline for the next three days, and also remain considerable into the alpine in the region this Friday.

Although avalanche conditions remain considerable in the West Kootenay backcountry there are reports that show a ‘slowing of avalanche activity,’ according to an Avalanche Canada forecaster.

Colin Garritty, lead field tech and forecaster with Avalanche Canada (AC), said, despite the slowing of activity, there were several significant avalanche incidents within the latest gathering of field information.

Average annual snow pack down one third compared to last year: report

by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Thursday Jan 19 2023

Over the last eight years the current dip for the West Kootenay is not the most pronounced, with 2017 showing 80 per cent of normal at this same time, and 2018 registering 92 per cent — Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin

Despite a steady deluge of precipitation, the West Kootenay currently sits at only 93 per cent of its average annual snowpack and is down 32 per cent from last year, according to a provincial report.

In the Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin, issued in early January by the B.C. Ministry of Forests, it was reported that the region is lagging behind its historical pace at accumulating snow in the alpine areas — the reservoir for fresh water in the warmer months.

Family, friends, colleagues gather to remember Nelson Police Const. Wade Tittemore

by Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Wednesday Jan 18 2023

Nelson Police Chief Donovan Fisher posthumously presents the family of Const. Wade Tittemore with his detective badge during Wednesday’s Celebration of Life at the Capitol Theatre. — Screenshot photo

Family, friends and colleagues of Nelson Police Department Const. Wade Tittemore gathered Wednesday at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson to celebrate the life of the police officer.

Const. Tittemore was killed in an avalanche Monday, January 9, located in the mountains near Goat Range Provincial Park, northwest of Kaslo.

Const. Tittemore, 43, was backcountry skiing with fellow Const. Mathieu Nolet at the time of the avalanche.

No students injured after vehicle collides with School Bus

by Lone Sheep Publishing on Wednesday Jan 18 2023

RCMP said luckily none of the children aboard the bus were injured.

Salmo RCMP said two people were taken to hospital, but no students were injured, following an accident involving a School Bus Wednesday morning on Highway 3.

RCMP said that at 8:44 a.m., officers received a call reporting a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3 just outside of Salmo.

"A school bus was transporting children to the Salmo Elementary School and turning left off Highway 3 to Carney Mill Road when it was struck by a west bound sedan on Highway 3," the RCMP media release said.

Female suspect charged following stabbing at Gyro Park

by Lone Sheep Publishing on Monday Jan 16 2023

Grand Forks RCMP said the two parties are known to each other, and police have determined this to be an isolated incident.

Grand Forks RCMP said in a media release Monday that officers have charged Raven Chan, a 24-year-old woman from Grand Forks with one count of Aggravated Assault and one count of Assault with a Weapon.

On January 14, 2023 at just after noon, officers attended to a complaint of a stabbing at Gyro Park, located in the downtown core of Grand Forks.

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