Our Archive of items for the month of May, from the files of law enforcement and other emergency responders in Northwestern British Columbia.
Note: For Wildfire related stories see our Northwest Wildfire Archive page
From the North Coast Review
Legislature's Police Complaint Committee seeking public feedback on complaint process
What challenges do RCMP members in Prince Rupert face on long weekends? Councillor Adey would like to hear
Councillor Cunningham seeks staff review of city preparations for potential forest fires
Port Edward Fire Department launches recruitment drive for volunteers
May Long calls for service kept Terrace RCMP busy over last weekend
$55,000 plus Port investment Fund contribution helps Lax Kw'alaams Search and Rescue
Security concerns the latest item of note for the fate of Alaska Ferry Terminal in Prince Rupert
Northwest RCMP and partners to put extra attention on the roads, waterways and campsites this May Long Weekend
Prince Rupert RCMP and partners to host Safe Boating Day at Rushbrook
City seeks applicants for Victims Services position with Prince Rupert RCMP detachment
Mid Air collision near Ketchikan claims six lives, with 10 injured
Prince Rupert Mounties seize drugs, make arrests following search warrant on Summit Avenue residence
Funding for First Nation and Volunteer/Composite Fire Departments announced by the Province
Posted online threats to bring Police presence to Terrace/Kitimat Schools today
Unconfirmed Wolf Sighting sparks City Notice for Moresby Park
Doug Donaldson offers condolences to victims of Saturday's aircraft crash near Smithers
Rescue Centre dispatches units for plane crash north of Smithers
DFO conducting 'Forensic Audit' on Prince Rupert area fish plant
HeliJet signs four year deal to continue Air Ambulance service in the province
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Prince Rupert/Port Edward/Haida Gwaii/North Coast
May 31 -- A walk back along the Highway of Tears (audio)
May 30 -- Prince Rupert Honours Service Workers during victims and Survivors of Crime Week
May 30 -- Prince Rupert Honours Service Workers during victims and Survivors of Crime Week (video)
May 29 -- UTV training for Prince Rupert RCMP members
May 22 -- Lax Kw'alaams Search and Rescue (video)
May 21 -- Lax Kw'alaams Rescue Society completes Station equipment upgrades
May 21 -- Search and Rescue equipment on Lax Kw'alaams receives critical upgrades
May 17 -- Dangerous Goods and Rail (video)
May 16 -- Riding along with a veteran cop targetting high risk drivers (audio)
May 15 -- Safe Boating Day at Rushbrook Harbour
May 14 -- Safe Boating Day (RCMP statement)
May 13 -- Pair of Prince Rupert residents arrested on drug trafficking charges
May 13 -- RCMP seize significant amount of drugs in Prince Rupert residence
May 13 -- Drug Seizure (RCMP Statement)
May 10 -- First Nations fire departments included in CEPF funding stream for first time
May 3 -- Federal DFO officers investigating illegal fish sales at BC processing facility
May 3 -- BC fish processing facility probed over reports of illegal bartering
May 3 -- Fisheries audit BC Fish processor after reports of illegal fish bartering
May 2 -- DFO investigating illegal fish sales and bartering in Prince Rupert
Terrace/Kitimat
May 31 -- BC Wildfire Service preemptively sends 150 man camp to Dease Lake
May 31 -- Kitimat Bears (video)
May 31 -- Recent sightings of grizzly bear activity in the Kitimat area
May 30 -- Northwest Fire Centre prepares for new and old fires to flare up with high heat and drought
May 30 -- Fire Camp established at Dease Lake due to Cassiar Wildfire activity
May 30 -- Fire Hazard high again across Northwest
May 28 -- Nisga'a Lisims Government announces burning ban
May 28 -- RCMP renew calls for information in Madison Scott disappearance
May 28 -- Stand for Jessica (video)
May 28 -- Northwest Fire hazard climbs again as Heat Wave grips region
May 28 -- Terrace Search and Rescue one step closer to permanent home
May 28 -- Coastal Fire Centre to ban category 2 open fires beginning Thursday
May 28 -- Dryer fire damages Terrace pellet plant
May 28 -- Man taken to hospital after may long weekend stabbing
May 27 -- Pellet Plant Fire in Terrace (video)
May 27 -- Fire in Wood Chip Dryer disrupts operations at Terrace Pellet Plant
May 24 -- Woman in critical condition after ATV accident
May 24 -- Bike rodeo launches anti-theft program in Terrace (RCMP statement)
May 24 -- Woman suffers critical injuries in ATV Crash South of Terrace
May 24 -- Terrace RCMP investigating ATV crash which sent one to hospital
May 24 -- Police investigating critical ATV crash (RCMP statement)
May 24 -- Copper river Estates fire claims mobile home
May 23 -- Crews extinguish mobile home fire in Thornhill
May 23 -- Fire damages home on Copper River Road
May 23 -- Terrace RCMP host annual Bike Rodeo Friday
May 22 -- Long weekend mayhem (video)
May 22 -- Terrace conservation service seeing an increase in bear sightings
May 22 -- Terrace man killed in logging accident 'would have done anything for anyone'
May 22 -- Stabbing, Underage drinking keep Terrace RCMP busy over long weekend
May 21 -- Naked Terrace man arrested after swinging, climbing trees
May 21 -- Underage drinking, stabbing, impaired driving plague May Long Weekend (RCMP statement)
May 21 -- Terrace Detachment Service Report (May 6 to May 12)
May 17 -- RCMP step up patrols for Holiday weekend
May 17 -- RCMP stationed at MEMSS following threat
May 17 -- RCMP says Facebook gun threat investigated
May 17 -- Annual Bike Rodeo brings prizes, fund and food (RCMP statement)
May 16 -- BC Conservation urges caution heading into long weekend
May 15 -- Terrace RCMP report increase in calls
May 15 -- SAR partners with Yellowhead Helicopters to improve emergency response
May 15 -- May Long weekend to bring police enforcement, check stops (RCMP statement)
May 15 -- Terrace RCMP bumping up long weekend enforcement
May 15 -- Terrace urges residents to extinguish campfires
May 14 -- School shooting threats in Terrace and Kitimat - here's what we know
May 14 -- Terrace Fire Department responds to 288 calls in first quarter of 2019
May 14 -- Kitimat RCMP locate youth suspect as school threats investigated in Kitimat, Terrace
May 13 -- Kitimat RCMP identify youth suspect after Facebook threat
May 13 -- RCMP says Facebook gun threat investigated
May 13 -- RCMP locate school threat suspect
May 13 -- RCMP identify person who threatened northwest BC schools on Social Media
May 13 -- Drag racing equipment stolen from Terrace association
May 13 -- Fire crews beat down grass fire in Jackpine Flats
May 13 -- Facebook Gun threat (RCMP statement)
May 13 -- Police presence at Skeena Middle School (RCMP statement)
May 12 -- School shooting threat posted on Facebook
May 10 -- Shooting threat at Skeena Middle School not considered to be serious
May 10 -- Terrace RCMP investigate 10% more files in 2019's first quarter compared to 2018's
May 10 -- First Nations fire departments included in CEPF funding stream for first time
May 10 -- No charges laid in VIP fishing trip to Ecstall River, anglers told
May 9 -- Jackpine Fire (video)
May 9 -- Thornhill Fire Chief issues warning after Jackpine Flats Grass/Range Fire
May 3 -- Terrace Detachment Service Report (April 26-May 2)
May 3 -- Crash claims life of 25 year old man
May 3 -- Driver taken to hospital after dump truck rolls over, spills waste in Thornhill
May 3 -- RCMP confirm one death in Kitamaat Village Road Crash
May 3 -- Fatality on Kitamaat Village Road (RCMP Statement)
May 2 -- Kitamaat Village Crash (video)
May 2 -- Fatal crash on Kitamaat Village Road
May 2 -- Crash closes Kitammat Village Road
May 2 -- Serious vehicle incident on Kitamaat Village Road
Bulkley Valley/Lakes District and elsewhere
May 30 -- Hazelton drug dealer sentenced to five years
May 29 -- Parrot Lake fire extinguished
May 29 -- Man dies in Southside traffic accident
May 29 -- After 9 months Jessica Patrick's family says they want answers
May 29 -- On covering emergencies
May 28 -- Family of Jessica Patrick Balczer want answers regarding her death
May 27 -- Giesbrecht convicted of Second Degree Murder
May 24 -- Elderly woman hit by a car on Smithers Main Street
May 24 -- Giesbrecht found guilty of second-degree murder
May 24 -- Burns Lake man found guilty of second-degree murder
May 24 -- Woman in critical condition after ATV accident
May 24 -- Smithers RCMP seeking witnesses to hit and run
May 24 -- Motor vehicle collision involving Pedestrian (RCMP Statement)
May 23 -- Geographical isolation prompts discussion on sexual assault
May 23 -- Pedestrian hit by a car on Main Street and Highway 16
May 23 -- Bulkley Valley under fire prohibition
May 23 -- Woman struck by vehicle at Hwy 16 and Main
May 22 -- Take fire precautions, fire chief urges
May 22 -- Award for Burns Lake
May 22 -- Houston, Burns Lake get more initial attack crews
May 22 -- Illegal dumping in Houston
May 16 -- Northern BC Motor vehicle deaths dropping
May 15 -- North District RCMP recognized for commitment to job
May 14 -- Commitment to service to be recognized at RCMP ceremony
May 13 -- Burns Lake RCMP seize drugs and cash during arrest
May 10 -- Crown seeks 9-10 years for Ronald Fowler attempted murder conviction
May 10 -- First Nations fire departments included in CEPF funding stream for first time
May 10 -- Skeena Middle School threats deemed 'low risk'
May 9 -- Drug bust in Burns Lake
May 9 -- Foot pursuit leads to drug arrest by RCMP in Burns Lake
May 9 -- "High danger" for Grassy Plains fire risk
May 9 -- Smithers recycling fire (video)
May 9 -- Fire at Smithers Recycling Depot prompts response from Smithers, Telkwa and Houston crews
May 9 -- Smithers Recycliung Depot Hit by Fire -- Closes Tatlow Road
May 9 -- All evacuated from fire on Tatlow Road
May 9 -- Smithers Recycling Depot ablaze
May 9 -- Fatal crash occurred three hours into aerial mapping flight
May 8 -- TSB Smithers Crash (video)
May 8 -- TSB releases initial report on Smithers Area Plane Crash
May 8 -- Southside boy dies in accident
May 7 -- Smithers Property crime spikes
May 7 -- Recent increase in Break and Enter and Thefts (RCMP Statement)
May 6 -- Strimbold plea in Burns Lake (video)
May 6 -- Former Burns Lake mayor pleads guilty to four sex assault charges
May 6 -- Smithers plane crash casualties were part of a team contracted by BC Wildfire Service
May 6 -- Lone survivor of Northern BC plane crash expected to recover
May 6 -- Three Killed, One survives small plane crash near Smithers Landing
May 6 -- Minister's statement on wildfire contractor aircraft crash (BC Gov't statement)
May 6 -- Small plane that crashed near Smithers carried crew contracted by BC Wildfire Service
May 6 -- Smithers RCMP and TSB continue search for cause of fatal plan crash near Smithers
May 5 -- Former Hudson Bay Mountain Resort CEO Lorne Borgal among 3 dead after Cessna crash near Smithers
May 5 -- 3 killed, 1 hospitalized after small plan crash near Smithers
May 5 -- Pilot, two passengers killed in small plane crash in BC
May 5 -- Three dead, one survivor after plane crash northeast of Smithers
May 5 -- TSB says four people aboard small plane that crashed in northwest BC
May 5 -- 3 dead after plane crash near Smithers Landing
May 5 -- Three dead after plane crash near Smithers
May 5 -- Transportation Safety Board investigates Cessna 182 accident north of Smithers
May 5 -- Northwest plane crash claims at least one life
May 5 -- Former Burns Lake Mayor 'intends to plead guilty' tomorrow
May 5 -- Small Aircraft Crashes in Babine River Corridor Provincial Park (RCMP statement)
May 4 -- RCMP now handling northwest BC Plane crash
May 4 -- Small plane crashes north of Smithers Landing
May 3 -- Firefighters on scene of power line fire Lake Kathlyn area
May 2 -- Hazelton RCMP officer scheduled for trial
May 2 -- Proceeds of crime, repurposed for good
May 1 -- Gary Alec released on bail
Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska
May 31 -- Police chief ready to call Sitka home again
May 31 -- NTSB releases preliminary report for Metlakatla crash
May 29 -- One guilty, one not guilty in Petersburg drug trial
May 29 -- Aggressive bear killed SE of Wrangell
May 28 -- Ketchikan man faces drug charges
May 22 -- NTSB releases preliminary report on May 13 mid-air collision
May 22 -- NTSB interviewing officials, witnesses
May 21 -- Monday floatplane crash victims identified
May 20 -- Two dead after floatplane crashes near Annette Island
May 17 -- Feds demand armed backup to keep Prince Rupert ferry terminal open
May 15 -- NTSB starts recovering two wrecked floatplanes
May 15 -- Troopers ID six killed in mid air floatplane collision
May 15 -- Ketchikan planes in mid-air crash both had equipment designed to help avert collisions. What went wrong?
May 14 -- NTSB: Planes collided at about 3,000 feet
May 14 -- Searchers recover two missing from mid-air collisions
May 13 -- Two planes down in George Inlet
May 13 -- Mid Air collision near Ketchikan claims five lives, with 10 injured and one still unaccounted for
May 8 -- Family encounters aggressive bear on Sitka's Heart Lake Trail
May 8 -- Fishing crew's safety training pays off in nighttime rescue
May 7 -- Sitka's sexual assault response team works with survivors beyond trauma
May 6 -- Friend and running parter, 'Rascal' fatally mauled thwarting bear attack
May 4 -- After closing arguments, jury left to decide on POW murder trial
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