Police are investigating a homicide after a body was discovered at a residence Thursday morning.   On June 5, at approx 11:00 am the Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment received a call in regards to the discovery of a body at a residence on Feeney Road near Rossland, B.C. Upon arrival police located the body of a...

Police are slowly working two massive files through the court system, with the first reaching sentencing in Castlegar court Monday. Lee Wilding, 19, offered a guilty plea in the arson causing more than half a million dollars in damage to the Kinnaird Church of God on March 18 – a crime he committed just one week after being...

Nelson Fire Department report disposal carelessly of what could have been, a cigarette, came dreadfully close to causing a major catastrophe Sunday at the at the Husky Station on Nelson Avenue. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Daloise said in an written release that the "carelessly discarded smoking material" caused a fire...

RCMP in 100 Mile House used a spike belt to arrest a suspect wanted on an attempted murder charge Saturday (May 31). 100 Mile House RCMP responded to a complaint of a man in distress in the 7000 block of 93 Mile Loop Rd at 8:25 a.m. Officers attended and located a 39-year-old man who had been shot. He was rushed to hospital...

A proactive online investigation by the BC Integrated Child Exploitation (BC ICE) unit has resulted in charges for Luring a Child and Making Child Pornography. Tyler James Nowek, 29, was arrested and subsequently charged by the BC Crown for Luring a Child and Making Child Pornography. He made his first court appearance on...

A Good Samaritan saved a 13-year-old girl and her dog from a Pitbull attack in Millennium Park May 19, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. “We got a call at 2:33 p.m. that a Pitbull was attacking another dog in Millennium Park,” Postnikoff said. “The Pitbull was on a leash, but broke free and attacked a Black Lab. “I ...

Nelson Fire Department was kept busy overnight, responding to a pair of motor vehicle accidents Sunday. The first accident occurred at 6:51 p.m. on Blewett Road when a vehicle left the road, ending up approximately 200 feet down a bank. The car had careened over the bank, plowing through heavy forest before coming to a stop...

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Saturday (May 24), that a 27-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection with the Julie Paskall homicide investigation. Paskall, a hockey mom waiting in the parking lot, was beaten December 29, 2013 at Newton Arena at approximately 9:30 p.m. Paskall, 53, had...

There was a ground-breaking ceremony last week as the Province, Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB), local community and construction partners donned hard hats to celebrate the construction of the Okanagan Correctional Centre (OCC). The OCC project, located on the Osoyoos Indian Band’s in the Senkulmen Business Park on Highway 97, will...

A convenience store clerk in Nelson was pepper sprayed Friday as part of a robbery, according to NPD Sgt. Paul Bayes. "On ... May 23 at approximately 9:15 p.m., two culprits entered a Nelson convenience store, pepper-sprayed a staff member, then demanded cash and other items," Bayes said. "The culprits fled on foot with an ...