Released by Sgt. Ed deJong
Columbia Valley RCMP
On November 1 the Columbia Valley RCMP were advised of two hikers who had gone missing from the Kootenay Valley viewpoint along Hwy 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 Hwy 93 after separating from her friend and making her way out. The second female was located with the use of a helicopter and taken to safety.
Neither hiker suffered any injuries; however, some poor decisions required them to spend a cold night in the forest.
Over the past week there have been a couple of calls about items being stolen from vehicles in the Radium Hot Springs area.
Please ensure your doors are locked and any valuables are not left in the vehicle.
There have 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 is committing these thefts, please call the Columbia Valley RCMP at 250-342-9292.
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.
In total, this past week from October 28 to November 4, the Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 57 calls for service.
