Vernon RCMP have issued a warning to street users there may be a bad batch of drugs circulating in the North Okanagan City. This warning comes after a number of drug overdoses over the past week. According to spokesman, Gord Molendyk, two people have died and four others have been admitted to hospital since December 30 — a ...

The alleged robber who evaded police for weeks was sentenced to five months in jail Tuesday in Nelson Provincial Court after a botched escape attempt from a deputy sheriff in September. Andrew Stevenson, 34, was handed a five month sentenced by Judge Don Sperry. The sentence was one month longer than crown and defence agreed...

Wi-Fi at a local coffee shop isn’t working? That may be a problem, but please do not make a 9-1-1 call in an effort to report the malfunction. In an effort to draw attention to the impact on emergency services, E-Comm — British Columbia’s largest 9-1-1 public-safety answer point — has released a list of its top ten reasons ...

Nelson Police report the missing 66-year-old man from Calgary has been found. Police said the man arrived at his home in Calgary early Tuesday morning and that he was safe after being informed there was a missing person alert issued in his name. Nelson Police would like to thank the public for helping with this file. Nelson...

A 24-year-old man from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is facing Second Degree Murder charges after a 52-year-old man succumbed to life-threatening injuries Sunday night in Fruitvale said RCMP Const. Kris Clark. Clark said Jordan Brian Shimell remains in police custody and is scheduled to appear in Rossland Provincial Court ...

The North District Major Crime Unit (NDMCU) said six people — four men and two woman — have been charged in the double homicide of 23-year-old Matthew Hennigar and 22-year-old Kalvin Andy in Anahim Lake just before midnight on Boxing Day (December 26). Provincial Crown Counsel has approved charges on the following individuals...

Nelson Police would like to remind motorist to be extra vigilant entering intersections with crosswalks after a pedestrian was struck by a slow moving motor vehicle causing non-life threatening injuries Monday (December 22) evening. The accident happened at the crosswalk on Vernon and Stanley Streets in Nelson. The pedestrian...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man and woman who died after a snowmobile incident near Nakusp on Sunday (December 14) as Calvin Leo White, aged 27, from Slocan Park, and Elise Lindberg Hansen, aged 29, from Winlaw. White and Hansen were riding a long-track snowmobile on an unplowed forestry road near...

Nelson Police said alert staff at the Nelson Youth Centre may have saved young lad from a possible assault Tuesday evening (December 16). NPD dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from Youth Centre staff at approximately 7:20 p.m. that two people were attempting to entice a young male into a fight outside the Lake Street facility....

On Dec. 18, at roughly 1 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP, Kootenay Boundary GIS, Trail Detachment, Castlegar Fire Department and emergency services responded to a complaint of a bomb threat called in to the manager of Canada Safeway, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "Police immediately evacuated the Canada Safeway and the...