A sexual assault in downtown Trail in the middle of the afternoon this weekend saw police identify and arrest a suspect within hours of the incident, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “On Sunday …at approximately 1:50 p.m., a young lady in her late teens was sitting on a bench on Cedar Avenue in Trail, when she was approached...

A logging truck sideswiped a minivan after losing control on the slush that covered Highway 3 around the Mud Lake area – just east of the Paulson Bridge – at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 3.  “That was ugly weather,” said Trail RCMP sergeant Rob Hawthon. “(The bad weather) was not unusual but not to that extent. You’re at a pretty...

A 33 year-old woman from Rock Creek was ejected through the sun roof of her car after hitting the ditch, Monday, July 2 at 7:37 p.m. Highway 3 was closed for two hours while ambulance and Midway RCMP attended the accident on Highway 3, two kilometers west of Midway. The woman had been driving her 2006 Pontiac GC west when she...

A rash of thefts involving copper wire and building materials hit both Grand Forks and Christina Lake over the past week. The price thieves can get for the copper wire is making the common household building material a hot commodity – even though the closest place to ditch the stolen scrap metals is in Kelowna. The first...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman whose body was found floating in Okanagan Lake near Kelowna on June 19. She is Melissa Joy Van Diemen, aged 34, originally from Grand Forks, but most recently living in Kelowna. Ms. Van Diemen was last seen swimming in Okanagan Lake behind City Park on June 13. The...

Ian Jason Peregoodoff, 43 of Grand Forks, has been charged with two counts of arson and damage to private property and two counts of mischief after allegedly bottle bombing the Midway RCMP Detachment and police vehicle on Monday, June 18. Peregoodoff remains in police custody appeared in the Nelson provincial court on Wednesday,...

The theft of copper wire from a new house construction on Riverside Drive in Grand Forks caused $7,000 in damages to the structure and loss of the wire on Friday, May 25. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to the site at 4:24 p.m. The house had already been wired when the culprit ripped out the wire from the walls, said Grand...

An ongoing investigation was triggered with the seizure of endangered exotic frogs, arachnids and invertebrates at the Carson border crossing last month. The seizure was made on Apr. 11 by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) when officers examined a shipment being transported by a Canadian and found animals listed under...

Petty crimes and a break and enter kept Grand Forks RCMP busy over the weekend. The first incident happened on Saturday, May 5 at a residence on Sunshine Way in Grand Forks. Police were called out at 3:26 a.m. after a shed on the property was broken into and two bikes and an assortment of fishing gear was stolen. A dark gray...

Grand Forks RCMP will be working closely with Christina Lake Citizens On Patrol (COP) members to watch out for willful fire setting in the area after several individual incidents this spring. The latest fire bug hit on Friday, April 27 on Ritchie Road in Christina Lake. Police were notified by a local resident that flyers...