Starting November 18, frontline RCMP officers, at select detachments, across Canada will start to wear body-worn cameras. Audio and video captured on body-worn cameras will be uploaded and…
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Fraudsters impersonating the CAFC
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are warning Canadians about the increasing threat of…
Local MP named to security and intelligence committee
Kootenay-Columbia MP Rob Morrison was June 15 named to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). Chaired by the Honourable David J. McGuinty…
US officials seize $2.1 million in drugs near border
The U.S. Border Patrol reports agents assigned to its Bonners Ferry Station seized five duffel bags of narcotics valued at approximately $2.16 million just south…
MP questions committee on RCMP and racism
Kootenay-Columbia MP Rob Morrison, Deputy Shadow Minister for Public Safety, June 24 addressed the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, including Minister of…
Sgt. Chris Newel recipient of 2019 Police Officer Award
On October 10, the RCMP Veterans’ Association presented Kimberley RCMP Detachment commander Sgt. Chris Newel with the 2019 Police Officer Award. The award recognizes a…
RCMP hosting career presentation in Cranbrook
Ever thought you may have what it takes to be a police officer? Want to find out? The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is hiring!…
B&E solved, arrest made eight years after fact
You know that famous saying about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police always getting their man; here’s current backing to that. A re-examination of forensic evidence…
Veteran Jean Hubbard joined army on 18th birthday
By Elinor Florence Jean Hubbard, now aged 92, joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps on her 18th birthday. Wearing her red and white polka-dotted dress,…
Rob Morrison seeks Conservative nomination
Cranbrook resident Rob Morrison says he is the front-runner as Kootenay-Columbia Conservatives prepare to decide who will represent them in the next federal election. Morrison has…