One homeowner discovered that an empty house can be a target for criminals when they returned after a four month absence to find tools, liquor and jewelery missing from their home. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to a home on 59th Avenue in Grand Forks on Wednesday, April 18 at 10:05 p.m. The homeowner had been away for four...

A deer and a moose were the cause of two seperate vehicle accidents early this week. On Sunday, April 1 at 4:30 p.m. a 60 year-old female driver from Greenwood found herself and her vehicle blocking a lane on Highway 3 around Spencer Road in Grand Forks after a group of deer jumped out on the road. She struck the deer with ...

A mere week after the launch of a city-wide crime watch program, City Watch, in Grand Forks and the training is already paying off. On Wednesday, March 28 the Grand Forks RCMP were called out to a break and enter in progress at a home on 16th Street in Grand Forks at 8:20 a.m. "The police immediately attended and the suspect...

A fire at the information gazebo on Christina Lake Frontage Road caused $400 in damage. Christina Lake Fire Department were called out to put out the small blaze on Thursday, March 15 at 7:22 p.m. The plastic panel of the gazebo was damaged but due to the speedy response by the fire department, the rest was saved. The fire ...

Out of the tragedy and loss from the blazes that torched the Grand Forks Hotel, the Grand Forks community is rallying to help the victims of last week’s fires. A trust account has been opened at the CIBC bank for donations to assist the six men were displaced by the fires that took the Grand Forks Hotel, and damaged the...

Grand Forks resident, Christopher James Cusack, 47, has been charged with two counts of arson endangering life in connection with the fires at the Grand Forks Hotel and the Winnipeg Hotel in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 7. Within two hours of the fires being reported, Grand Forks RCMP had Cusack in custody and...

A woman driver who is nine months pregnant is lucky to be alive after a Chambers truck hit her on Highway 3 by Billings Road on Tuesday, February 28. The 20 year-old driver from Christina Lake had been turning left in her 2004 Ford Taurus when the Chambers truck, driving in the same lane, struck the vehicle on the drivers...

A horse was shot on a rural property at the corner of Almond Gardens Road and Spragett Road in Grand Forks, Sunday, Feb. 26. Police were called out to the property at 12:59 p.m. where they found an 11 year-old Arabian Cross shot in the chest and neck area with what appears to be a single high calibre bullet, said Grand Forks...

Grand Forks RCMP attended three single vehicle accidents this past week due to poor road conditions. The first two accidents happened in the same area on Highway 3 around Collins Road, east of Grand Forks. The first accident was on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 4:49 p.m. The driver of a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire lost control while it was...

For three nights in a row a business on Industrial Drive, Grand Forks, has been bothered by a suspect. On Saturday, Jan. 28, Sunday, Jan. 29 and Monday, Jan. 30 a person has attempted entry to a fenced compound area. The person finally did gain access by tunnelling under the fence. Once inside the compound, the suspect moved...