A disturbance in a local bank has landed a Nelson man a court date late this month in provincial court. Late Friday (April 13) morning Nelson Police officers were called to a local bank after a man became upset after being refused access to his account and caused a disturbance. According to witnesses after being refused access...

The Huffington Post Lifting high cans of iced tea and bags of skittles -- the same items 17-year-old Trayvon Martin had on his person while shot walking home -- Miami residents gathered Wednesday afternoon to protest his tragic death and a lack of charges against the neighborhood watchman who killed him. Protestors joined...

A request for bail was adjourned pending a psychiatric assessment for accused arsonist, Christopher James Cusack. Cusack, a 47 year-old Grand Forks resident, appeared in the Grand Forks courthouse yesterday, Tuesday, March 20. He faces two counts of arson endangering life in connection with the fires at the Grand Forks Hotel...

Police are recommending five charges each against a Castlegar couple in their mid-40s, after a grow-op raid last week, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock. “On March 7 (at) just after 11 a.m., Castlegar RCMP executed a search warrant at a suspected marihuana growing operation in the 2300 block of Pass Creek Road,” ...

Grand Forks resident, Christopher James Cusack, 47, has been charged with two counts of arson endangering life in connection with the fires at the Grand Forks Hotel and the Winnipeg Hotel in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 7. Within two hours of the fires being reported, Grand Forks RCMP had Cusack in custody and...

West Kootenay Traffic Services (WKTS) and the Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) issued a handful of tickets during a Distracted Driving Program  road check in Nelson. Earlier this month during a road check at Front and Ward Streets in Nelson, police wrote more than 20 infractions said A/Cpl. Chuck Brind’Amour of the West...

By Boundary Sentinel Two vehicles were totalled after a collision between a marked RCMP vehicle and a Toyota Prius, Thursday, Jan. 26. At about 1:15 p.m. a westbound Toyota Prius collided with an eastbound RCMP Chevrolet Sierra pick up truck at Collins Road and Highway 3, east of Grand Forks. According to an RCMP media advisory,...

Slocan Valley RCMP are on the lookout for a local resident as a result of an investigation from the spring of 2011 and charges have been formally laid against Kai Niels Lind-Rasmussen for drug production and trafficking.   The charges are the result of an April 6 investigation into the killing of an alpaca by two dogs at a ...

A 26-year-old man from Trail was caught by Grand Forks RCMP after a rash of petty break-ins and thefts had Riverside residents feeling uneasy. Zachery Shobolm arrived in Grand Forks around Thursday, Jan. 12 according to Grand Forks RCMP. By Sunday, Jan. 15 he had allegedly commited his first crime and by Friday, Jan. 20 Grand...

By Castlegar SourcePolice are asking for witnesses to come forward if they saw Friday night’s car accident on Hwy 3A near Thrums, according to RCMP Cpl. John Ferguson. “(On Jan. 13) at (about) 5:18 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP and West Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a two-car, head-on collision on Highway 3A, Thrums area,”...