by Castlegar Source on Monday January 16 2023
Police are investigating after a collision claimed the lives of three individuals near Castlegar.
Just before 4 pm on Jan 16, Castlegar RCMP were called to a report of a collision involving a passenger car and a pickup truck that occurred on Highway 3a in Thrums, BC.
by Lone Sheep Publishing on Monday January 16 2023
Grand Forks RCMP said in a media release Monday that officers have charged Raven Chan, a 24-year-old woman from Grand Forks with one count of Aggravated Assault and one count of Assault with a Weapon.
On January 14, 2023 at just after noon, officers attended to a complaint of a stabbing at Gyro Park, located in the downtown core of Grand Forks.
by Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Monday January 16 2023
In a media release Monday, the City of Nelson announced that a private funeral service is planned for Nelson Police Constable Wade Tittemore on Wednesday, January 18th at the Capitol Theatre at Noon PST.
The media release said that the service is for invited guests only and not open to the general public.
Const. Tittemore was killed in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in the mountains northwest of Kaslo on Monday, January 9.
by CBT on Monday January 16 2023
Some trails will be longer, get upgraded surfaces, or have new bridges or benches.
In 17 communities, 26 projects are improving trails, supported by Columbia Basin Trust. In addition,16 organizations are receiving Trust funds to offer 38 trail-crew jobs.
“Together, these projects will give Columbia Basin residents and visitors access to even better and well-maintained trail systems as they experience the region’s incredible surroundings, while at the same time providing jobs,” said Justine Cohen, Manager, Delivery of Benefits, Columbia Basin Trust.
by Lone Sheep Publishing on Monday January 16 2023
December’s cold weather seems like a distant memory as temperature have warmed considerably for January the latest weather synopsis from the Southeast Fire Centre revealed.
While current temperature hovers above zero, reaching a high of plus 5C Sunday, in December most days experienced snow and below-average temperatures starting on the first of the month and ending December 25 due to a prevailing cool northwesterly flow aloft.
by Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Monday January 16 2023
Growers, processors and cannabis marketers all say a new business in the south Slocan Valley will be a ‘game changer’ for the cannabis industry in the West Kootenay.
About 50 people showed up for an open house a week before Christmas at Antidote Processing Inc., a new facility at the junction of Highways 6 and 3A in the South Slocan Valley.
by Local Journalism Initiative on Thursday January 12 2023
The first-responder community continues to band together to support their each other as they grieve the loss of Const. Wade Tittemore, killed in an avalanche earlier this week.
First responders from Nelson Police, Nelson Fire and Rescue Services, BC Ambulance, RCMP, BC Sheriffs, Regional District of Central Kootenay Fire Departments as well as members of the public lined the entrance to Nelson on Highway 3A/6 on a rainy Thursday afternoon as the body of Const. Wade Tittemore was transferred back to Nelson.
by Valerie Rossi on Thursday January 12 2023
A sound storm is on the horizon this month in Rossland, where Blizzard Music Festival is once again bringing top talent to the alpine city.
The eclectic Canadian music festival is back by popular demand for its 12th year, spanning four days – Jan. 25 to 28, 2023 – and coinciding with Rossland Winter Carnival. The small yet mighty event is packed with an exciting variety of artists and tickets are going fast.
by Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Tuesday January 10 2023
The community of Nelson is still reeling from the tragic news that a constable with the local city police force was killed in an avalanche near Kaslo Monday afternoon.
RCMP said officers were called at approximately 12:23 p.m. to a report of an avalanche near Goat Range Provincial Park, located north of Kaslo.
Two off-duty Nelson City Police officers were skiing in the area when the avalanche occurred.
The deceased officer has been identified as four-year Nelson Police member Wade Tittemore.
Tittemore, 43, is survived by a wife and two young boys.
by Boundary Sentinel on Monday January 09 2023
Grand Forks RCMP said in a media release that a random driver of an ATV on public roads led officers to find a large amount of various drugs and drug paraphernalia suspected to be fentanyl and methamphetamine.
"It is always great to get a decent seizure of drugs off the road and have someone that we plan on forwarding charges on," said Grand Forks Detachment Commander, Sergeant Darryl Peppler.
The arrest began to unfold on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 8:30 p.m.
