Emergency Service Files: July 2023

Our Archive of items for the month of July, from the files of law enforcement and other emergency responders in Northwestern British Columbia.


Wildfire response notes from across the Northwest can be reviewed here.


From the North Coast Review


Tour de North Prince Rupert participants 

Prince Rupert seek to identify and locate alleged suspect from recent downtown assault 

Final Day for Applications for job posting for City's RCMP detachment 

Prince Rupert RCMP reinforce Amber Alert from Surrey/Okanagan regions issued Wednesday

Prince Rupert RCMP issue safety advisory following wolf attack on Butze Rapids trail 

Home Mailer highlights work of RCMSAR stations of coastal BC, seeks financial support of operations 

Provincial plans to team up Mounties and Health Care officials praised by Prince Rupert leaders 

Prince Rupert among communities on list for introduction of Mobile Integrated Crisis Response Teams 

Port Edward puts out calls for proposal on Fire Hall envelope work

Prince Rupert RCMP seek public assistance on Missing Person's Case file (Prince Rupert RCMP advise that the situation has now been resolved)

Court transcripts chart the path of deliberations from Rupert's 'Freemen' trial

RCMP Marine unit heads to Metlakatla to offer boat inspections this morning 
Northwest Fire Bans in effect including Prince Rupert area 

BC Highway Patrol remind motorists of Summer Counterattack program 

Walls make for outline for new RCMP detachment for Prince Rupert 

Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue introduce their newest members 

Prince Rupert RCMP seek public assistance in locating missing Prince Rupert teenager  (RCMP advise that the subject of their search has now been found)

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Prince Rupert/Port Edward/Haida Gwaii/North Coast


Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue Facebook Page

Prince Rupert RCMP Detachment website

Prince Rupert RCMP Facebook Page

Prince Rupert Online Crime Reporting program link

Conservation Officer Service Facebook page

Port Edward  Volunteer Fire/Rescue Facebook Page

July 27 -- Fire Department rescues cat from vehicle wheel 

July 27 -- Province funds Prince Rupert crisis intervention team 

July 26 -- Prince Rupert fishing charter owner fined $10K for feeding seals 

July 25 -- Prince Rupert business owner fined $10,000 for violating Marine Mammal Regulations 

July 25 -- Canadian Fisheries offices launch mission to combat illegal fishing over 28 million square kilometres of Ocean 

July 24 -- Rupert Wanted people (video)

July 20 -- Police seek suspect in July 15 assault 

July 20 -- Wolf Attack in Prince Rupert (video) 

July 20 -- RCMP conducts complimentary boat safety audits at Metlakatla 

July 20 -- Rupert man pleads guilty to assaulting a peace officer, breach 
July 20 -- Do you know this man (RCMP Statement)

July 19 -- Wolf attacks dog at Butze Rapids in Prince Rupert 

July 19 -- Family Dog escapes wolf attack on Butze Rapid Trails after nearby family deploys bear bangers 

July 19 -- Wolf Attack on Butze Rapids (RCMP Statement)

July 17 -- Prince Rupert RCMP get a crisis response team (video)

July 17 -- Prince Rupert among nine communities selected to host new Substance Use and Mental Health Crisis support teams 

July 12 -- Prince Rupert RCMP seeking help in locating missing woman  

July 11 -- Campfire ban extends to North Coast including City of Prince Rupert 

July 5 -- RCMP seeking information on shooting in Old Massett from Last month

July 5 -- City seeking local artists to design Façade artwork for New Prince Rupert RCMP detachment 
July 5 -- Masset RCMP seek information in shooting investigation   (RCMP statement)  

July 4 -- Prince Rupert RCMP locate missing girl safe and sound 
July 4 -- Police seek help finding missing girl 

July 3 -- Missing: Amber Sankey (RCMP statement)  

Terrace/Kitimat/Nass Valley

Terrace RCMP Detachment website

Kitimat RCMP Detachment website

Terrace RCMP Twitter feed

Conservation Officer Service Facebook page

July 27 -- Terrace city council proposes increase in approved RCMP officers 

July 27 -- Kitimat RCMP remind residents of Open Fire Ban, after catching two maintaining backyard fires 

July 27 -- Kitimat Detachment Service Report (July 20-26)

July 24 -- BC introduces new policing standards and programs to better support survivors of sexual assault 

July 20 -- Kitimat Detachment Service Report (July 13-19)

July 19 -- Terrace records second-highest drug overdose rate in BC, amid continuing provincial crisis 

July 18 -- Tour bus destroyed by fire on Highway 16, stranding 37 International tourists in Thornhill
July 17 -- Kitimat Detachment Service Report (July 6-12)

July 11 -- Terrace RCMP searching for missing 13 year old girl possibly headed to Fort St. James 

July 11 -- Terrace RCMP ask for information on missing girl 
July 11 -- Do you know where Kyra Prince may be? (RCMP statement)

July 7 -- Kitimat RCMP seeking information on Illegal Tobacco Trafficking after Canada Day arrest 

July 7 -- Kitimat Detachment Service Report (June 29-July 5)

July 7 -- Firefighters quell Terrace's Old Skeena Bridge blaze, urger wildfire vigilance 

July 6 -- Terrace RCMP seeks more provincial support to tackle rising crime 

July 5 -- Terrace Mountain Fire (video)

July 5 -- Human caused fire on Terrace Mountain extinguished quickly 

July 4 -- Fire burning north of Lakelse Avenue prompts closure of Old Skeena Bridge in Terrace  

July 4 -- Terrace Fire Crews respond to small fire in brush across the highway from Wal-Mart  

Bulkley Valley/Lakes District 

Smithers RCMP Detachment website

Conservation Officer Service Facebook page

July 31 -- Smithers violent crime severity index jumps nearly 30 percent 

July 26 -- Fire crews extinguish fire at Smithers Canadian Tire 

July 26 -- Damage being assessed following blaze at Canadian Tire

July 25 -- New complaint supports systemic investigation into RCMP's C-IRG

July 24 -- Changes coming to sexual assault policing standards in BC

July 19 -- Charges approved against man arrested in Connection with a Break and Enter in Smithers last month 

July 19 -- Firemen from the province came to support and fight wildfires wit the Burns Lake Fire Department at Burns Lake 
July 18 -- Man charged following report of break and enter (RCMP Statement) 

July 12 -- Man wanted out of Prince George believed to be in Smithers area 

July 12 -- Speeding boats concert Burns Lake residents

July 11 -- Smithers RCMP respond to theft in progress, arrest two

July 11 -- Wanted person from Prince George investigation may be in Smithers  area 

July 11 -- Wanted person may be in the Smithers area  (RCMP statement)

July 11 -- Charges laid in connection with theft investigation (RCMP statement)
July 7 -- Supporters of Wet'suwet'en Man shot and killed by RCMP in 2021 gathering tomorrow after family files lawsuit 

July 5 -- Burns Lake dog laws being broken, not dangerously 

July 4 -- Man who opened fire on Vanderhoof RCMP detachment in 2021 found guilty on Six of nine related charges 

July 4 -- Police ramping up impaired driving enforcement all month long 

July 1 -- Fire crews extinguish vehicle blaze on Highway 16 

July 1 -- Highway 16 temporarily closed due to vehicle fire 

Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska

July 27 -- Sitka man accused of death of his father will serve 25 years 

July 20 -- Alaska's volunteer firefighting force halved over the last decade 

July 17 -- Filling a job vacant for a year, Sitka's new animal control officer puts his pet and people skills to work 

July 14 -- Man indicted for assault, kidnapping and attempted murder 

July 14 -- Coast Guard medevacs tug master near Wrangell 

July 13 -- Wrangell Search and Rescue helps grounded boaters near Circle Bay

July 10 -- Command of US Coast Guard Cutter Pike transferred to Master Chief Kay Jones

July 7 -- Petersburg Catholic Church burns in ten hour blaze  

July 3 -- Grand Jury indicted three Sitkans in June

Miscellaneous notes

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