British Columbia’s justice system is starving to death because of a severe lack of funding for Provincial courts, says the Nelson-Creston MLA. In yesterday’s Question Period, MLA Michelle Mungall asked both the Solicitor General and the minister of Finance to account for the chronic underfunding and increased cuts in this...

The proposed amendments to the Citizen’s Arrest and Self-Defence Act are expected to expand the circumstances in which citizens’ arrests can be made, and streamline and simplify the self–defence and defence of property provisions in the Criminal Code. Currently, the ability to make a citizen’s arrest is very restricted and ...

There is another fraud that the public needs to be aware of, according to the RCMP. The modus operandi of this one is both clever and unique in that the caller provides the victim with almost all of the victim's information except for one crucial piece. Their goal, however, is neither clever nor unique: They mean to rip you...

The Change of Command ceremony for the city’s police department will take place Thursday, Jan. 27 in Nelson Supreme Court chambers.Chief Constable Dan Maluta will relinquish command of the Nelson Police Department  to Chief Constable Wayne Holland in a Change of Command Ceremony starting at 1:30 p.m. Holland is moving from ...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe RCMP have finally gotten their men. Three months after two suspects allegedly broke in and robbed West Kootenay Boundary area automated teller machines (ATM), they have been located and arrested.  Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment General Investigation Section reported late Wednesday...

A Salmo situation that could have been bloody ended without incident Saturday night. On the evening of Jan. 8 Salmo RCMP received a complaint of threats being made to a local businessman.  After obtaining further information from the complainant, two RCMP officers — one from Salmo and the second from Trail Detachment — attended...

RCMP didn’t get their man in this case. BC Supreme Court has ruled not guilty in the case of a man accused of a marijuana grow operation in Winlaw — even though he did not show up for trial. Police had seized nearly $1.2 million worth of plants in April of 2009 but the man did not show up for his court date this week. Read ...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The new drinking and driving legislation played a major role in keeping Nelson streets substantially clear of drunk drivers during the annual CounterAttack by city police, says an NPD staff sergeant. Howie Grant said over Christmas and New Year’s people in the city were “very responsible”...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyOfficers of the Nelson Police Department will be conducting an investigation into an in-custody death of a 36-year-old man who was taken into custody on Christmas Eve by RCMP in Cranbrook. The Mounties in Cranbrook have called in the NPD as an external police agency to investigate the...

RCMP seized 50 marijuana plants last week in two separate busts on Slocan Valley residences.Slocan Lake and Nakusp RCMP executed warrants on two residences on Springer Creek Road on Thursday and Friday and uncovered the plants, along with a loaded handgun.  Four people were arrested and are charged with production of marijuana...