The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who was found deceased near Nakusp on October 6 as Kyung IL Chun, aged 71, a resident of Burnaby. Chun was found by search-and-rescue and RCMP personnel in a wooded area known as Fostill, northwest of Nakusp. He had travelled from his home in Burnaby to the Nakusp ...

Police have seized more than 3,800 pot plants after busting a commercial-sized grow op near Nakusp, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little.   "In early October, the Nakusp RCMP received information that a hydro bypass was occurring at a residence in the 8900 block of Highway 6, Edgewood," Little said.   "An investigation resulted...

Two years into the returning criminals back to face trial and the BC Fugitive Return Program shows now signs of slowing down. Since September, 2011 the British Columbia Fugitive Return Program has sent 51 wanted fugitives back to other provinces on warrants for their arrests, often for violent offences such as Assaulting of...

Winston Blackmore, the leader of the polygamous community near Creston, has decided to appeal a court decision that he did not fully report his income by $1.8 Million. Documents filed in the Federal Court of Appeal by the Blackmore camp said the judge during the trial didn’t properly interpret a section of the income Tax Act...

In what could arguably be called an unusual set of circumstances, police responded to a complaint yesterday of a dinosaur blocking traffic on Kinnaird Bridge in Castlegar. According to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff, police responded at about 2:45 p.m. and found a “massive”, roughly-four-foot stuffed dinosaur that was, indeed,...

There is a dog scare going around the City of Kelowna. City staff has put up signs warning the public around about food items being left in the dog parks possibly laced with antifreeze. The warnings come after a flurry of social media reports that someone left buns, doughnuts and Timbits laced with the chemical mix. Kelowna...

A collaborative drug awareness effort between the Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Regional RCMP Detachment, Interior Health Mental Health and Substance Use and Mind Festival Learning, is set for its official launch. The Mike and Vicki Project is an innovative and interactive resource designed to stimulate conversation ...

A crash that saw a vehicle roll down a ditch near Thrums last night appears to be alcohol related, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock.   "On Sept. 12 at around 6:45 p.m., a member of the public observed a vehicle driving erratically and then going off road into the ditch on Highway 3A about four kilometers north...

Update: The West Shore RCMP wishes to advise that the second escapee from William Head Federal Correctional Facility, Dean Allen Benton, was located and taken into custody without incident at 10 a.m. Sept. 8. An officer on routine patrol located him in the 2000 block of Sooke Road in Colwood near the Hatley Park Memorial Park....

Slocan RCMP report that a 71-year-old Silverton man is facing charges after allegedly driving impaired, resisting arrest, and assaulting the arresting officer. Slocan Lake RCMP Cpl. Ryan Fehler said just after 9 p.m. on August 26, a member pulled over a vehicle observed driving irregularly on Highway 6 between New Denver and...