Nelson police, supported by officers from local RCMP officers and with assistance from the Nelson Fire Department, arrested a suicidal 31-year-old man who had been barricaded inside an apartment in the Medical Arts Building on Ward Street late Tuesday evening following a six-hours-long standoff. Police closed the 400 block ...

Shortly after 8 a.m. on May 29, Richmond RCMP responded to the 9000 block of Walford Street, for a report of a Break and Enter in progress. A local home owner was startled to find an unwanted male in his residence. This suspect fled once discovered. Police quickly established a containment field and officers scoured the area...

Police are concerned with the increase in speed and alcohol-related incidents on the highways in the region said Sgt. John Ferguson, NCO of the West Kootenay Traffic Services in a prepared statement Friday. "The West Kootenay Traffic Services and Nelson Integrated Road Safety Unit are starting to see a very scary trend in our...

Nelson Police were forced to use a Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) to disarm a distraught woman with a knife Sunday at an apartment building in the Heritage City. Nelson Police Department Acting Sergeant Brian Weber said in a prepared statement said the woman became enraged, and started toward the officers with a knife in hand....

Police are confident that the cause of the house explosion and fire on Friday (May 22) in Courtenay is criminal in nature. Police conducted a search of the residence, after obtaining a search warrant under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, on Saturday (May 23) and located equipment and other evidence that is used in the...

Police are confident that the cause of a house explosion and fire on May 22 in Courtenay is criminal in nature.  Police conducted a search of the residence, after obtaining a search warrant under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, on May 23and located equipment and other evidence that is used in the production of hash ...

Five robberies of cab drivers have police asking for public help in catching the suspects, according to a press release issued today by RCMP Sgt. Dale Carr. Surrey RCMP’s Robbery Unit is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying suspects involved in a series of taxi cab robberies that occurred this past month. Since...

As the weather improves, Nelson Police would like to remind motorists there are more cyclists, pedestrians and motorcycles now using the roadways. One motorist realized this first hand after colliding with a cyclist at the corner of Vernon and Hendryx Streets Thursday (May 21) morning. Nelson Police report a member of the...

Penticton RCMP have one in custody after a man was badly beaten and left on the side of the road Thursday (May 21) morning. Police received at report at 8:39 a.m. Thursday that a 37-year-old Penticton man had been badly assaulted and left on the side of the road at the three kilometer mark on Shingle Creek Rd, which is off ...

Trail RCMP are dealing with a spate of vandalism to several different outdoor locations, according to Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “On April 28, Trail and Greater District Detachment received a report from the City of Trail that the tunnel connecting Baily Street to Fifth Avenue, and the riverbank wall near Jubilee Park had been ...