By Sgt.Ed deJong

This past week, October 28 to November 4, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 57 calls for service.

Thieves prowling Radium and Fairmont

Over the past week there were a couple calls about items being stolen from vehicles in the Radium Hot Springs area. Please ensure you doors are locked and any valuables are not left in the vehicle. There has also been some break and enters reported to sheds and trailers in the Fairmont Hot Springs area over the past week. If anyone has information on who are committing these thefts, please call the Columbia Valley RCMP at 250-342-9292.

A safe Halloween night

Halloween night saw only four files with none of them related to what would normally be associated to Halloween shenanigans. Everyone had a safe night and behaved themselves.

Missing hikers found the next day

On November 1, Columbia Valley RCMP was advised of two hikers who had gone missing from the Kootenay Valley viewpoint (pictured) along Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park. Due to darkness, a search could not commence until the next morning. Both the National Parks Search and Rescue and Columbia Valley Search and Rescue attended on November 2. One of the two females was located on Highway 93 after separating from her friend and making her way out. The second female was located with the use of a helicopter and long lined out to safety. Neither hiker suffered any injuries; however, some poor decisions required them to spend a cold night in the forest.

e-KNOW file photo

– Sgt. Ed DeJong is Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment commander

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