RCMP looking to confirm the wellbeing of occupants following accident
Nakusp RCMP is asking for public assistance in the locating of occupant(s) following a serious late-night collision on Highway 6 three kilometers south of the Needles Ferry. RCMP said officers responded to single-vehicle accident on April 7, 2021 at approximately 11:36 p.m., where markings show a white Econoline van jumped ...
RCMP Traffic Services confirm string of traffic stops near Lumby not carried out by police impersonator
RCMP said in a media release Wednesday, recent traffic stops in the Lumby area in the North Okanagan were indeed made by an officer, and not a a suspected police impersonator. RCMP issued a rare public notification and plea for vigilance surrounding a suspected police impersonation incident on March 21, 2021 in the Boundary...
Criminal charges upgraded in Castlegar stabbing attack
Criminal charges in relation to a double stabbing back in February 2021 have been upgraded following a review of the police investigative findings carried out by the BC Prosecution Service, according to Castlegar RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Monty Taylor. "Twenty-nine-year-old Sasha Margaret Prokaski is presently facing the following five...
Rossland couple fined thousands after repeat non-compliance with Covid-19 restrictions
"On March 26, at 4:12 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a request from the Canadian Border Services Agency and Canadian Public Health Agency Quarantine Enforcement Officer to issue a violation ticket to two Rossland residents who had committed an offence under Section 52 of the Quarantine Act," Wicentowich said. ...
RCMP look to re-unite collector with vintage coins
RCMP in the north Okanagan are looking to re-unite a coin collector with his or her collection, after seizing nearly two dozen suspected stolen vintage coins from an offender stopped in Tappen, 10 kilometers north of Salmon Arm, earlier this year. RCMP said an officer on February 9, 2021, with the Central Interior Traffic...
West Kelowna RCMP investigate stabbing
West Kelowna RCMP are investigating after numerous people were stabbed early Sunday morning. On March 28th, 2021 just before 2 a.m., West Kelowna RCMP and Kelowna RCMP were called to the Postill Lake Road area for a report of multiple victims of a stabbing at an outdoor gathering. Officers flooded the area and located five ...
RCMP ask residents to watch for, report white truck with fake police lights in its grill
A second incident of police impersonation in the region has prompted RCMP to warn residents to keep an eye out for the suspect vehicle, according to Trail RCMP commanding officer Sgt. Mike Wicentowich In the early morning hours of March 26, Trail RCMP received a report from a motorist who saw a white pick up truck traveling...
RCMP urges motorists to remain vigilant after police impersonator pulls over vehicle
RCMP said in a media release that motorists in the Boundary region are urged to be vigilant, after Midway RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious occurrence that took place Sunday evening on a back country provincial highway. RCMP said on Sunday, March 21, 2021, shortly after 8:30 p.m., Midway RCMP received a third party...
RCMP execute second drug warrant at same local hotel in just over a year
Grand Forks RCMP recently executed a search warrant at a local hotel where police recovered various quantities of suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine. The search happened on Saturday, March 13, 2021, when investigators from the Grand Forks RCMP executed a warrant on a hotel unit on the 7400-block of Donaldson...
Manslaughter charges approved in death of Abbotsford Police Officer
Nelson Police said in a media release Sunday that the man involved in a street incident that cost the life of an Abbotsford Police Officer in July 2020 in the Nelson downtown has now been charged with Manslaughter. Nelson Police said Sunday that 26-year-old Castlegar resident Alex Willness has been arrested by police and...