Creston

• Roadblocks, spike belts used in arrest of fleeing suspect: B.C. RCMP

  ‘Officers in neighbouring detachments flooded the area, with roadblocks set up in various locations,’ Creston RCMP said of Tuesday's arrest.

  Crime

  Jul 3, 2024
  
• 2 killed in head-on highway collision in southeast B.C.

  Creston RCMP say the two-vehicle collision happened on Highway 3 on Thursday, near the unincorporated community of Kitchener.

  Traffic

  Apr 5, 2024
  
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• Search warrant in Kootenays leads to 6-hour standoff

  The Southeast District Emergency Response Team was called in, with the standoff lasting nearly six hours before the man surrendered and was taken into custody.

  Crime

  Dec 22, 2023
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• Impaired driver facing charges after crashing into dollar store: Creston RCMP

  Police say the incident happened Monday morning, just after 11 a.m., with the vehicle smashing into the storefront window.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2023
• Creston teacher charged with multiple sex offences against two students

  He's charged with sexual exploitation, sexual assault, criminal harassment, extortion, telecommunications to lure a child, and possessing child pornography.

  Crime

  Sep 12, 2023
• 6 hospitalized with serious injuries after crash near Creston, alcohol a likely factor: RCMP

  While the investigation is still in its early stages, RCMP believe speed and alcohol were factors in the collision east of Creston, B.C., on Sunday.

  Crime

  Aug 28, 2023
• Guns stolen from B.C. sporting-goods store in overnight break-in

  Creston RCMP officers are investigating the theft of guns from a business on Canyon Street. Anyone with information or dashcam footage from around 3 a.m. is asked to call police.

  Crime

  May 18, 2023
• Mudslide closes Highway 3 in both directions between Salmo and Creston

  A mudslide has closed a stretch of Highway 3 along the Kooteney Pass Wednesday evening. No word on when the stretch will reopen between Salmo and Creston.

  Canada

  May 3, 2023
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• B.C. weather: 8 more daily records set on Tuesday

  From Comox to Squamish to Yoho National Park, eight areas in B.C. set new daily high temperatures as a ridge of high pressure brought the province more sunshine on Tuesday.  

  Weather

  May 3, 2023
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• B.C. RCMP on lookout for Interior man facing 32 charges

  Police say Chad Meszarosi, 38, was last seen in the Kootenays, but is known to travel throughout the Interior.

  Crime

  Mar 7, 2023