POLICE BEAT: Loose change and valuables continue to be stolen from unlocked vehicles
It’s been about three weeks since the first complaints began rolling in about someone who is picking through the contents of unlocked vehicles parked along Grand Forks streets and the Grand Forks RCMP are still not sure who is responsible for these crimes. Last week Grand Forks RCMP responded to another rash of the same thing,...
POLICE: Robbers close down Huckleberry Market
UPDATE: Grand Forks RCMP still have no suspects in the early morning break-in at Huckleberry Market. The thieves got away in a pick-up truck and the police are asking the public to help them by reporting anything they may have seen that may help the case, said Grand Forks RCMP Corporal Richard Lanz. Huckleberry Market is now...
POLICE BEAT: Stolen vehicle found abandoned close to Omega Restaurant
A stolen 1996 Dodge 350 pick-up truck owned by McLeod’s By-Products of Armstrong, BC was found abandoned close to the Omega Restaurant in Grand Forks this past week. Grand Forks RCMP fingerprinted the vehicle after it was reported found on Monday, November 12 at 10:08 a.m. in the 7400 block of Highway 3. Police found that the...
POLICE BEAT: Police warn Grand Forks residents to lock their cars after rash of thefts
Trusting Grand Forks residents had a rude awakening this past week after a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles occurred throughout the city. Grand Forks RCMP responded to numerous complaints about items, including a camera, wallet, Global Positioning System (GPS) and some cash, being stolen from their unlocked parked...
POLICE BEAT: Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department called out three times for same accident
A rolled over semi-trailer on the Paulson Summit created quite a commotion for local firefighters over the weekend when they were called out to respond three times for the same accident. “We went on a wild goose-chase three times,” said Christina lake Fire Rescue Department fire chief Ken Gresley-Jones. The semi-trailer loaded...
POLICE BEAT: Copper pipe stolen from empty commercial building
Grand Forks RCMP are looking for the person or people responsible for breaking into a commercial building on 2ndStreet in Grand Forks to steal copper piping. Police were called out to the vacant building on Friday, Sep. 28 at 9:18 a.m. to investigate. The rear door window was broken so the suspect could gain entry, said Grand...
Castlegar man faces jail time after repeat offences
A local man is facing several months in jail after two thefts and a breach of Probation conviction in court this week, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "Thirty-four-year-old Trevor Isenor was sentenced to three months in jail for a theft from Total Pet on Sept. 20, and three months jail for a theft from Safeway...
UPDATE: Greenwood now on Boil Water Advisory
UPDATE: As of today, Saturday, Sept. 22, Greenwood residents can again drink their water now Interior Health Authority has lifted the boil water advisory that took effect on Thursday, Sept. 20. Original Story: The Interior Health Authority has lifted the water ban in Greenwood and replaced it with a boil water advisory, today,...
BREAKING NEWS: Greenwood water potentially contaminated
Greenwood residents are being warned not to use their tap water for anything but flushing their toilets until Interior Health Authority (IHA) has ruled out a possible contamination. Today, Monday Sept. 17, a City of Greenwood crew member discovered the lock on the access hatch to the community's reservoir had been removed by...
POLICE: Second round of drunk driving in an hour sends man to jail
A court date and driving prohibition was not enough for a 38-year-old man from Cranbrook, B.C. to stay off the road. On Sunday, Sept. 9, at about 4:00 p.m. Midway RCMP stopped a vehicle on Highway 33 in Rock Creek, B.C. The male driver, on probation with conditions not to be driving, was known to police as already banned...
