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When ding-dongs forget to ditch

Crime Kate Brown - July 31, 2025

Youths in Warfield and Fruitvale got more than they bargained for when two separate incidents of Ding-Dong-Ditch missed the ditch part.

You can’t park there

Crime Kate Brown - July 31, 2025

A 40-year-old Trail woman has caught some unwanted attention after she was seen driving across her neighbours lawn and later crashed into her own garage door on Sunday.

Police seek to identify tire thief

Crime My Kootenay Now Staff - July 30, 2025

Castlegar RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance to identify an alleged tire thief.

Woman caught in crypto scam

Crime My Kootenay Now Staff - July 24, 2025

A 61-year-old Trail woman has lost $37k in an elaborate online cryptocurrency fraud.

Castlegar teens allegedly confronted by gun-weilding man during campout

Crime My Kootenay Now Staff - July 17, 2025

Castlegar RCMP are investigating a incident involving a man with a firearm who allegedly confronted a group of teens during a wilderness camp, leading to damage to their equipment.

Trail RCMP hoping to identify suspect allegedly involved in racist incident

Crime My Kootenay Now Staff - July 14, 2025

Trail RCMP are hoping to identify a man who allegedly yelled racial slurs at staff at a restaurant in the 700 block of Victoria Street on Saturday.

Charges laid in Beaver Valley arena incident

Crime Drew Wilson - July 3, 2025

A charge has been laid in the Beaver Valley Arena incident in late March that resulted in serious injuries to a 47-year-old Fruitvale man.

Warfield bust leads to gun, stolen items seizure

Crime Drew Wilson - July 3, 2025

Police say they found 24 firearms, firearm related items, a taser, body armor and a significant amount of stolen property on last week's Warfield bust.

Not guilty verdict in Oasis fatal

Crime Drew Wilson - June 25, 2025

The man accused in the collision that claimed the life of a 34-year-old woman and injured her four children has been found not guilty.

Thieves on the prowl in Castlegar

Crime My Kootenay Now Staff - June 25, 2025

Castlegar RCMP have been kept busy following a number of break and enters and theft from property across the city.

Oasis fatal returns to court

Crime Drew Wilson - June 24, 2025

"No way this is happening." That is how a witness to a fatal accident described what he was thinking seconds before a fatal head on collision on Hwy 22 near Oasis.