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Nakusp's Arrow Lakes Hospital ER to temporarily close due to staffing shortage

Nakusp's Arrow Lakes Hospital ER to temporarily close due to staffing shortage

Nakusp Mar 12, 2024 / 8:25 pm

The emergency department at Nakusp’s Arrow Lakes Hospital will be unavailable over Tuesday night due to limited nursing staff availability, according to...

Trail RCMP looking for 'Chris' the accused truck thief

Trail RCMP looking for 'Chris' the accused truck thief

Trail Mar 12, 2024 / 6:22 pm

Police in the Kootenays are looking for Chris. RCMP say an officer in Trail B.C. was on patrol on March 10 at 5:30 a.m. when he observed a pickup come to a dead...

Mountie saves distraught woman from bridge in Trail, B.C.

Mountie saves distraught woman from bridge in Trail, B.C.

Trail Mar 5, 2024 / 7:15 pm

Police in the Kootenays say an officer helped a distraught woman off a bridge last week. RCMP say they were called on March 1 at 7:12 p.m. for a 33-year-old...

Insurer must pay B.C. widow $400K accidental death claim

Insurer must pay B.C. widow $400K accidental death claim

Cranbrook Feb 29, 2024 / 7:48 am

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered a life insurance company to pay a widow $400,000 after she had to prove her 59-year-old husband’s death was an...

New Denver health centre ER closed Thursday due to nurse shortage

New Denver health centre ER closed Thursday due to nurse shortage

New Denver Feb 28, 2024 / 9:17 pm

The Slocan Community Health Centre’s emergency department in New Denver will be closed for much of Thursday due to limited nursing availability. In an...

Firefighters rescue teen from cliffside outside Trail, B.C.

Firefighters rescue teen from cliffside outside Trail, B.C.

Trail Feb 27, 2024 / 6:33 pm

A teen was rescued from a Kootenay cliffside last week. RCMP say they were called Feb. 23 at noon for a report of a 17 year old stuck on a cliffside near Trail,...

RCMP arrest suspect in Trail, B.C. motel explosion

RCMP arrest suspect in Trail, B.C. motel explosion

Trail Feb 27, 2024 / 4:23 pm

Police in the Kootenays have made a second arrest in relation to an explosion at a motel. A blast on Feb. 10 at 10:30 p.m. in a room at the Glenwood Inn in...

Tactical police help with drug bust in Creston, B.C.

Tactical police help with drug bust in Creston, B.C.

Creston Feb 21, 2024 / 4:06 pm

Police say they have made a dent in a local drug trade in Creston, B.C. RCMP said Wednesday in a news release that officers executed a search warrant on Feb. 20...

Texan visiting Kootenays goes missing, found dead after car slides down embankment

Texan visiting Kootenays goes missing, found dead after car slides down embankment

Nelson Feb 20, 2024 / 2:32 pm

It was a tragic end to an American family's visit to B.C. over the weekend. On Feb. 17, just before midnight, Nelson RCMP received a missing person report...

Stolen trucks linked to break-ins, thefts in Castlegar

Stolen trucks linked to break-ins, thefts in Castlegar

Castlegar Feb 20, 2024 / 12:38 pm

The Castlegar RCMP has released CCTV footage of a suspect in a series of break-ins linked to stolen vehicles. Police are investigating multiple cases of...

ER closed at New Denver healthcare facility Saturday due to nursing shortage

ER closed at New Denver healthcare facility Saturday due to nursing shortage

New Denver Feb 17, 2024 / 8:55 am

Healthcare staff shortages have hit the Kootenays this weekend. In an announcement Saturday morning, Interior Health says the emergency department at New...

Trail RCMP searching for suspect after explosion at motel

Trail RCMP searching for suspect after explosion at motel

Trail Feb 13, 2024 / 3:38 pm

RCMP in Trail, B.C. are still looking for a suspect believed to have been involved in an explosion inside a motel room at the Glenwood Inn. The incident...

Cops in Kootenays capture condom thief

Cops in Kootenays capture condom thief

Trail Feb 6, 2024 / 4:26 pm

Police say they stopped a “slippery” thief after a foot chase last week in Trail, B.C. RCMP were called on Feb. 1 at 12:30 p.m. by a business in the...

B.C. attorney general apologizes to Doukhobors, offers $10M 'compensation package'

B.C. attorney general apologizes to Doukhobors, offers $10M 'compensation package'

Castlegar Feb 1, 2024 / 4:25 pm

UPDATE 4:25 p.m. British Columbia's attorney general has formally apologized to members of the Doukhobor religious group, including those who were forcibly...

First deer with Chronic Wasting Disease found in B.C

First deer with Chronic Wasting Disease found in B.C

Cranbrook Feb 1, 2024 / 11:49 am

The first known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia have been discovered in two deer in the Kootenays. In a Thursday morning press release, the...

Creston RCMP crack down on prolific offenders, make multiple arrests

Creston RCMP crack down on prolific offenders, make multiple arrests

Creston Jan 18, 2024 / 1:01 pm

RCMP in Creston made several high-risk arrests while cracking down on prolific offenders. Police searched several properties for items including firearms,...

Creston man facing assault charges after 'dynamic arrest'

Creston man facing assault charges after 'dynamic arrest'

Creston Jan 18, 2024 / 12:23 pm

A Creston man has been charged after what RCMP called a “violent” assault against a woman. While conducting a surveillance operation Jan. 10, the...

Grand Forks fire chief pays elderly couple the money owed for incomplete kitchen renovation

Grand Forks fire chief pays elderly couple the money owed for incomplete kitchen renovation

Trail Jan 13, 2024 / 4:00 am

An elderly couple in Trail has finally got their money back after a contractor walked away from their kitchen renovation back in 2021. That contractor remains...

BC man sentenced to five years in death of off-duty police officer in Nelson

BC man sentenced to five years in death of off-duty police officer in Nelson

Nelson Jan 12, 2024 / 6:24 am

A B.C. man has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the death of an off-duty Abbotsford police officer. B.C....

Man faces many weapons charges after Creston, B.C. search warrant

Man faces many weapons charges after Creston, B.C. search warrant

Creston Jan 11, 2024 / 3:50 pm

A Kootenay man is facing a long list of charges after a search warrant was executed last week. RCMP say began an investigation on Jan. 5 into alleged crimes...