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Report of suspected police impersonator in Kootenays unfounded

Report of suspected police impersonator in Kootenays unfounded

Trail May 5, 2021 / 3:03 pm

RCMP in the Kootenays say a report in March about a suspected police impersonator on Highway 3B was unfounded. Police in Trail were called for a report of a...

3 homes evacuated near Christina Lake after creek spills banks

3 homes evacuated near Christina Lake after creek spills banks

Christina Lake Apr 26, 2021 / 12:29 pm

Three families were forced from their homes overnight to escape floodwaters from an overflowing creek near Christina Lake. The Regional District of Kootenay...

Man claims officer shot him with a non-lethal round while he was already apprehended and in handcuffs

Man claims officer shot him with a non-lethal round while he was already apprehended and in handcuffs

Fernie Apr 17, 2021 / 4:00 am

A Kootenay RCMP officer is facing a new lawsuit after he allegedly shot a man with a non-lethal round who was already detained in handcuffs. Police had first...

Kootenays restaurant closes for long weekend after being overwhelmed by rude tourists

Kootenays restaurant closes for long weekend after being overwhelmed by rude tourists

Nelson Apr 5, 2021 / 10:15 am

A restaurateur in the Kootenays says he closed his restaurant in the middle of a busy Saturday on a long weekend after being overwhelmed by rude tourists. Nick...

Multi-vehicle crash causing delays on Highway 3A near Nelson

Multi-vehicle crash causing delays on Highway 3A near Nelson

Nelson Mar 29, 2021 / 12:15 pm

A multi-vehicle collision is causing delays on Highway 3A in the Kootenays. DriveBC reports single-lane, alternating traffic about five kilometres east of...

BC Wildfire Service reports wildfire near Creston, likely human-caused

BC Wildfire Service reports wildfire near Creston, likely human-caused

Creston Mar 28, 2021 / 7:58 pm

UPDATE: 7:58 p.m. Highway 3A between Kuskonook Rest Area and Bathie Road is now open, according to DriveBC. ORIGINAL: 7:18 p.m. BC Wildfire Service is...

Trail RCMP investigating report of possible police impersonator on Highway 3B

Trail RCMP investigating report of possible police impersonator on Highway 3B

Trail Mar 27, 2021 / 4:22 pm

Ongoing incidents of cars being stopped by alleged police imposters have Trail RCMP investigating a truck with red and blue lights in its grill. RCMP are...

Coal company Teck fined $60 million for contaminating B.C. rivers

Coal company Teck fined $60 million for contaminating B.C. rivers

Fernie Mar 26, 2021 / 1:10 pm

UPDATE: 1:10 p.m. Mining giant Teck Resources was hit with a record $60-million penalty Friday related to its East Kootenay coal operations. The company’s...

Supreme Court of Canada set to settle Nelson snow-clearing squabble

Supreme Court of Canada set to settle Nelson snow-clearing squabble

Nelson Mar 24, 2021 / 6:45 am

It's starting to feel like spring for many Canadians, but the country's top court is about to wade into the issue of snow removal from wintry city...

Skiing toddler from Fernie, B.C. featured on CNN

Skiing toddler from Fernie, B.C. featured on CNN

Fernie Mar 22, 2021 / 12:53 pm

A B.C. family has been featured by CNN after they placed a microphone of their toddler to capture her commentary on the slopes. Erich Leidums of Fernie, B.C....

Canada wastes 35M tonnes of food a year. This man is turning some of it into apple flour

Canada wastes 35M tonnes of food a year. This man is turning some of it into apple flour

Creston Mar 16, 2021 / 11:34 am

A dehydrator and a spice grinder are all Joe Roth needs to turn 400,000 pounds of leftover fruit, commonly sold as pig mash, into flour. Apple flour, as Roth...

Father of three killed in avalanche near Kaslo

Father of three killed in avalanche near Kaslo

Kaslo Mar 8, 2021 / 10:38 am

A man has died after being caught in an avalanche while snowmobiling in the West Kootenays. The Kaslo RCMP says they received a notification of an inReach spot...

Manslaughter charge for death of off-duty Abbotsford police officer in Nelson

Manslaughter charge for death of off-duty Abbotsford police officer in Nelson

Nelson Mar 7, 2021 / 7:46 pm

A Castlegar man has been charged with manslaughter in connection to the death of an off-duty Abbotsford police officer in Nelson, B.C. in July 2020. The Nelson...

Possible miscarriage of justice in woman's conviction in toddler drowning: prosecutor

Possible miscarriage of justice in woman's conviction in toddler drowning: prosecutor

Cranbrook Feb 25, 2021 / 4:38 pm

A special prosecutor says there may have been a miscarriage of justice when a babysitter was convicted of criminal negligence causing death in the drowning of a...

BC SPCA has taken 40 dogs from a property near Salmo

BC SPCA has taken 40 dogs from a property near Salmo

Salmo Feb 18, 2021 / 12:27 pm

The BC SPCA has been forced to confiscate 40 sled dogs from a West Kootenay sled dog operation after the owner failed to properly care for the animals. The dogs...

Two hurt in shootout near Creston, B.C.

Two hurt in shootout near Creston, B.C.

Creston Feb 9, 2021 / 4:49 pm

Two men were wounded during a shootout in Creston Monday night. RCMP Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey said on Feb. 8 just after 10 p.m., police responded reports of...

Stranded elderly couple saved by RCMP and police dog

Stranded elderly couple saved by RCMP and police dog

Cranbrook Feb 9, 2021 / 11:40 am

An RCMP officer and his police service dog, Denim, are being hailed as heroes after rescuing an elderly ATV operator near Cranbrook. Cranbrook RCMP received a...

IH issues drug alert for light pink powder known on street as 'down'

IH issues drug alert for light pink powder known on street as 'down'

Castlegar Feb 3, 2021 / 12:18 pm

Interior Health has issued a drug alert for the community of Castlegar. IH says the street drug known as down, which is light pink in colour, is being sold in...

Interior Health announces COVID-19 cluster in Fernie region

Interior Health announces COVID-19 cluster in Fernie region

Fernie Jan 27, 2021 / 3:46 pm

Another COVID-19 community cluster has been announced in the BC Interior. Since the start of the year, 81 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in...

Woman faces charges after gun shots were fired in a Salmo home early Friday morning

Woman faces charges after gun shots were fired in a Salmo home early Friday morning

Salmo Jan 15, 2021 / 9:03 pm

A 43-year-old Salmo woman is facing potential criminal charges after she allegedly fired shots in a Salmo home early Friday morning. Around 3:50 a.m., Salmo...

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