RCMP

Nanaimo RCMP are looking for leads from the public following a break-in and theft game gear from the V.I. Raiders football team field house in late May. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

RCMP investigates as Nanaimo football team targeted by thieves

Tools and equipment taken from V.I. Raiders football team’s field house, say police

 

Hope RCMP are looking into a serious spate of alleged hate crimes in Hope, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst)

PHOTOS: Pride flag set on fire during night of alleged hate crime in Hope

Hope RCMP extend support to local LGBTQIA2S community following rash of crime

 

Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (File photo)

Man dies after going into medical distress while swimming in Westwood Lake

Rescue attempt by friends and emergency services successful but victim died later in hospital

 

Nanaimo RCMP would like to talk with any witnesses to a collision in Extension that claimed the life of a man Tuesday, June 6. (Black Press Media file photo)

RCMP looking for witnesses after Nanaimo man dies in crash in Extension

Crash happened on White Rapids Road, south of Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP would like to talk with any witnesses to a collision in Extension that claimed the life of a man Tuesday, June 6. (Black Press Media file photo)
Cpl. Mike Ramsey is representing Nanaimo RCMP as part of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2023 team. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

Nanaimo RCMP officer has waited 20 years to ride the Tour de Rock

Mike Ramsey escorted Tour de Rock riders as a new recruit in 2003 and is now training for 2023 ride

Cpl. Mike Ramsey is representing Nanaimo RCMP as part of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2023 team. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
RCMP vehicles were stationed outside Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon after a hold and secure was reportedly activated Friday, June 2, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Small explosion led to hold-and-secure at Vernon school

Students outside and near Fulton Secondary were behind blast that led to safety measure activation

RCMP vehicles were stationed outside Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon after a hold and secure was reportedly activated Friday, June 2, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
BC Highway Patrol stopped this Ferrari going 57 km/h over the speed limit on the Malahat on May 21, 2023. (RCMP handout)

Speeding Ferrari impounded on the Malahat

57 km/h over the limit

BC Highway Patrol stopped this Ferrari going 57 km/h over the speed limit on the Malahat on May 21, 2023. (RCMP handout)
Salmon Arm RCMP are looking for dashcam footage of a black Ford Bronco believed connected with a shooting. The vehicle was found with bullet holes in it on Monday, May 29, 2023. (File photo)

Man suffering gunshot wounds at Salmon Arm hospital triggers police investigation

RCMP ask public for dash-cam footage of black Ford Bronco later found with bullet holes

Salmon Arm RCMP are looking for dashcam footage of a black Ford Bronco believed connected with a shooting. The vehicle was found with bullet holes in it on Monday, May 29, 2023. (File photo)
Black Press File Photo

Man arrested after paddling to escape police near Chase

The 23-year-old Tumbler Ridge man is now in custody

Black Press File Photo
The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. Hackl has made one strange court appearance and refused to appear for another since being detained. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack man accused of shooting at RCMP refuses to cooperate with court

Daniel Hackl was a no-show for a video bail review, opting to not come out of his cell

The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. Hackl has made one strange court appearance and refused to appear for another since being detained. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Nanaimo RCMP had to temporarily close a section of road after it was blocked by a stolen pickup truck that was abandoned where it ran out of fuel on Estevan Road on May 29. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

Fuel shortage stops stolen pickup truck in Nanaimo

Suspect abandons vehicle, blocking road, after running out of fuel

Nanaimo RCMP had to temporarily close a section of road after it was blocked by a stolen pickup truck that was abandoned where it ran out of fuel on Estevan Road on May 29. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
Emergency crews put on a “mock crash” scenario at Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver Friday (May 26, 2023) to show students just how serious impaired driving and reckless driving can be. Students look on during the demonstration. (Lauren Collins)

Mock crash staged at B.C. high school serves as cautionary tale

Emergency crews, school district staged crash to highlight risks of speeding, impaired, reckless driving

Emergency crews put on a “mock crash” scenario at Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver Friday (May 26, 2023) to show students just how serious impaired driving and reckless driving can be. Students look on during the demonstration. (Lauren Collins)
Maps guide drivers to impassable terrain on way to Sun Peaks Resort, Chase RCMP responds to 911 calls. (Google Maps image)

Maps take drivers on unwanted detours into rugged terrain on way to B.C. resort

Chase RCMP receive 2 calls in less than a week about vehicles lost on snowy roads

Maps guide drivers to impassable terrain on way to Sun Peaks Resort, Chase RCMP responds to 911 calls. (Google Maps image)
Approximately 30 protestors gathered outside the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 26 to take issue with the RCMP's handling of a case involving the death of teenager Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Group demands justice for late Indigenous teen with protest outside Cowichan RCMP detachment

RCMP now say investigation is continuing after initially saying no criminality involved

Approximately 30 protestors gathered outside the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 26 to take issue with the RCMP's handling of a case involving the death of teenager Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Leslie Desfosses, 89, was last seen in the Hope area on May 16. (Courtesy of BC RCMP)

Search for missing Greater Victoria senior ends tragically

Leslie Desfosses was found dead near Boston Bar

Leslie Desfosses, 89, was last seen in the Hope area on May 16. (Courtesy of BC RCMP)
City of Duncan workers clean up around the playground site at Centennial Park which was set on fire during the wee hours of Friday morning. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)

Arson burns down Centennial Park playground in Duncan

Blaze happened in the early morning of Friday, May 26

City of Duncan workers clean up around the playground site at Centennial Park which was set on fire during the wee hours of Friday morning. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. A school bus was tipped over on the Sunshine Coast Wednesday morning (May 24, 2023) and one driver and one student were on-board. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

School bus on Sunshine Coast tips over, injuring driver

Police say one child passenger was also on board

The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. A school bus was tipped over on the Sunshine Coast Wednesday morning (May 24, 2023) and one driver and one student were on-board. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. The cause of the fire has yet to be explained, but Chilliwack Fire Department crews returned to Knight Road and Queen Street to douse hot spots on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. man charged with shooting at police makes strange first court appearance

Daniel Hackl said he had no name when asked by the judge, and otherwise didn’t say a word

The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. The cause of the fire has yet to be explained, but Chilliwack Fire Department crews returned to Knight Road and Queen Street to douse hot spots on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
A pickup truck and camper is towed from the intersection of Bowen Road and Howard Avenue after it was stolen and crashed Monday, May 22. A man from Victoria was arrested and faces multiple charges. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Suspect steals pickup truck with camper, crashes close to scene of the crime in Nanaimo

Pickup truck tipped on its side in incident Monday, May 22

A pickup truck and camper is towed from the intersection of Bowen Road and Howard Avenue after it was stolen and crashed Monday, May 22. A man from Victoria was arrested and faces multiple charges. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Members of the RCMP march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Friday, July 5, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

RCMP to reflect on painful history as Canada’s police service on 150th anniversary

In Canada’s earliest days, the only national officers were mainly responsible for guarding Parliament Hill

Members of the RCMP march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Friday, July 5, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh