Abandoned sawmill houses grow op. Again.

Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Salmo

In 2009 the RCMP followed rare birds and found a grow op in an abandoned sawmill. This winter, police followed the whiff of B.C. bud and found a new grow op in the same sawmill. The birds were there too.

The find started with an unrelated traffic check stop along an area of Highway 6 and the right wind blowing resulted in the search of a rural property near Midway.

Rumours of attempted abduction false: RCMP

Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Salmo

Rumours of an attempted abduction in Salmo are false, say the RCMP, but they are investigating an alleged assault against a seven-year-old girl.

Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel, head of the RCMP’s Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment, confirmed police are investigating a possible assault that happened on Saturday, June 4.

RCMP say abduction report was a hoax

Posted on 08. Feb, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Salmo

UPDATE The RCMP are now saying a reported abduction this morning was in fact a hoax by the child in question. Speaking to News in the Kootenays, an RCMP officer confirmed the story was made up the 13-year-old Salmo boy. No other details are available at the moment. Earlier today the police had sent out [...]

Avalanche closes Highway 3

Posted on 17. Jan, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Salmo

An avalanche has closed Highway 3 roughly 30 kilometres south of Salmo report the RCMP. According to a press release from the police, the slide happened at about 3 p.m. today (Monday, Jan. 17). The RCMP are on the scene and have confirmed nobody was trapped by the slide and there were no injuries. The [...]

Police arrest man for uttering threats

Posted on 12. Jan, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Salmo

Police arrested a man after a short standoff at his Salmo home following reports of threats made to a local businessman. According to a police press release, the RCMP arrested Heath Steininger, 28, on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 8 and charged him with uttering threats and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. [...]

Tungsten mine proposed for south of Salmo

Posted on 26. Nov, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Environment, Salmo

Work is moving ahead on a tungsten mine south of Salmo, a mine proponents say will bring 90 jobs and $7 million a year in wages to the region. Ed Lawrence, a consultant for Vancouver-based Sultan Minerals, spoke to the Regional District of Central Kootenay board this week about the mine. Directors were happy to [...]

Police consider recovering policing costs from Shambhala

Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Salmo

The talks are preliminary and there’s no legal venue for action, but police in the West Kootenay are talking about finding a way to recover some of the costs they incur in policing the Shambhala Music Festival. Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel, head of the RCMP’s Kootenay Regional Boundary Detachment in Nelson, says he would welcome [...]

People, animals safe from dye in Salmo River

Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Environment, Salmo

Whatever was dumped into the Salmo River this past weekend wasn’t toxic, say officials from the health authority and province, thought they’ll likely never know just what turned the river bright green during the Shambhala Music Festival. Ed Stockerl, environmental protection officer for the Ministry of Environment, assessed the situation by phone on Saturday, Aug. [...]

Pranksters dye Salmo River green at Shambhala

Posted on 07. Aug, 2010 by Rik in Featured, Salmo

Tuesday, Aug. 10 update: Health authorities say there are no health concerns related to the dye. Read the full story here. A prankster, or pranksters, at the Shambhala Music Festival dyed the Salmo River bright green this afternoon, releasing an unknown chemical into the waterway. It all started at roughly 2:30 p.m. today (Saturday, Aug. 7), [...]

Live Blog: A day at Shambhala

Posted on 07. Aug, 2010 by Sonja Podstawskyj in Arts, Live Blog, Salmo

11:45 am: One last stop before we hit the highway to Salmo, picking up fougasse from the french bakery. 11:55 am: En route to Salmo. 11:57 am: Stopping at the Farmer’s Supply to get peaches. 12:05 pm: Actually enroute to Shambhala ;) It’s a beautiful blue sunny day, big grey cloud to the south not [...]