RCMP Media Release | On March 22, 2012, at about 11:30 a.m. Swan River RCMP were notified of the discovery of a body at an outdoor area in Benito, Manitoba. A search of the area had previously been made in January, 2012, in relation to a missing person report from the Benito area. At this […]

On March 2, 2012 at about 1:45 pm the Swan River RCMP executed a CDSA (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) search warrant at a residence in Birch River, Manitoba. Investigators discovered approximately 27 grams of marihuana, a number of prescription pills, various drug paraphernalia, and $750.00 worth of cash. The drugs seized has an estimated […]

RCMP Media Release | On February 20, 2012, at about 4:00 pm the Swan River RCMP executed a CDSA (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) search warrant at a residence in Swan River, Manitoba. Investigators discovered approximately 198 grams of marihuana, various drug paraphernalia, a prohibited weapon (brass knuckles), and $22,000.00 worth of cash. The drugs […]

RCMP Media Release | UPDATE – February 17, 2012: On February 15, 2012, 48-year-old George Louis LAMIRANDE of Pine Creek F.N. was arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Murder. He remains in custody pending a February 21st court appearance in Dauphin. LAMIRANDE and the victim, identified as 26-year-old Steven Ray GENAILLE of Duck Bay, were […]

RCMP Media Release | Missing Person – UPDATE RCMP Swan River Detachment continue efforts to locate Beverly Lynn CHARTRAND of Benito, MB. Ms. CHARTRAND is describe as approximately 161 cms ( 5’3”), 125 kgs (225 lbs ) with either dark brown or bleached colored hair. She was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweat shirt […]

UPDATE: ValleyBiz has learned through local sources that the Swan River Fire Department was not dispatched to the scene and that members of the Pine River Fire Department provided assistance. __________________ RCMP Media Release | On January 12, 2012 just before 10:00 am the Parkland RCMP Detachment, along with the Winnipegosis Fire Department, Swan River […]

RCMP Media Release | Swan River RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Beverly Lynn CHARTRAND, age 30, of Benito , Manitoba . Beverly was last seen walking near her home in Benito, Manitoba early Sunday morning, January 8th. If anyone has seen Beverly, or knows her whereabouts, they are asked to contact the […]

RCMP Media Release | On December 23, 2011 at about 8:30 p.m. Swan River RCMP and the Pine River Fire Department were dispatched to a Fire involving a business in Cowan, Manitoba. Nash’s Cool Treats Restaurant was found to be fully engulfed in flames. The structure succumbed to the fire. There were no injuries. Total […]

RCMP Media Release | Swan River RCMP report that a few rural farm break and enters have been reported in the past three weeks. Police are reminding property owners to ensure their property is secured at all times. Police are also asking the public to be vigilant of suspicious persons/vehicles traveling in the area and […]

On December 12, 2011 at about 5:00 a.m. Winnipegosis RCMP as well as local Emergency Services were dispatched to a fire at the Community Hall in Duck Bay, Manitoba. Initial reports indicate the building was a total loss. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. No damage estimates are available at this […]

RCMP Media Release | The Christmas Check stop program will begin at noon on Friday December 2nd, 2011 and will continue to midnight on January 1st, 2012. As we approach the holiday season Swan River RCMP will through visibility, education and enforcement get the message out to the motoring public of the Swan Valley in […]

RCMP Media Release | On November 19, 2011 at about 1:00 p.m. Swan River RCMP, along with the West District Special Operations Team executed a CDSA (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) search warrant at a residence on Indian Birch River Reserve, located about 60 km north of Swan River, Manitoba. Investigators discovered approximately one and […]

RCMP Media Release | ** UPDATE** The two deceased have been identified as a 21 year old woman and a 23 year old woman, both from the Swan River area. Their names will not be released. Police continue to investigate. On October 24, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. Swan River RCMP as well as local Emergency […]

RCMP Media Release | On October 15, 2011 at about 2:00 p.m. Swan River RCMP executed a CDSA (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) search warrant at a residence near Birch River in the RM of Mountain, Manitoba. Click pictures for a larger version. Investigators discovered a number of marihuana plants, processed marihuana, and growing equipment […]

RCMP Media Release | September 29, 2011 – OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and their partners at the Canadian Anti Fraud Center (CAFC) are warning that if someone calls you claiming to be able to protect your computer from viruses, your best bet is to just hang up the phone. Don’t give […]

RCMP Media Release | The Kamsack RCMP and Swan River RCMP have located Santos NUNEZ. NUNEZ is being detained on warrants issued by the Canada Border Service Agency. NUNEZ was located in a field on the Saskatchewan Manitoba Border just south of Thunderhill which is located just northwest of Benito, Manitoba. NUNEZ will be medically […]

RCMP Media Release | On Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 7 a.m., Swan River RCMP, Swan River Fire Dept., and Swan Valley EMS were dispatched to a fire at the Swan River Landfill. The re-cycling facility was on fire. Extensive damage and property loss occurred to the building and contents. Click picture for a larger […]

RCMP Media Release | On August 24, 2011 at about 8:00 p.m. RCMP as well as local Emergency Services were dispatched to the scene of a fatal farm accident in the RM of Mountain, Manitoba. Investigation has revealed that a 70 year old man from the RM of Minitonas had been attempting to start a […]

RCMP Media Release | On August 5th, the 16-year-old male from Pine Creek sought in connection with this shooting contacted the RCMP and turned himself in. He was arrested and has since been released by the court on a Recognizance to appear in Dauphin Provincial court on September 14, 2011. The 16-year-old from Pine Creek […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 30, 2011 at about 11:00 pm, Swan River RCMP, Pine River Fire Department and Parkland EMS responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision. A 1999 Oldsmobile Alero was traveling East bound on highway #20 when this vehicle struck a horse approximately 5km East of Cowan, MB. The 17 year […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 29, 2011 shortly before 2:30 am, Winnipegosis RCMP were dispatched to a shooting incident outside a residence on Pine Creek First Nation. The victim, a 29-year-old male of Pine Cree First Nation, was shot and transported by EMS to Hospital and subsequently airlifted to a Winnipeg Hospital. He is […]

RCMP Media Release | In the early evening hours of Friday, July 22, 2011, Swan River RCMP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant on a residence in Swan River, Manitoba. Seized was just over 30 grams of marihuana, 480 prescription pills in various weights, along with just over $3,500.00 in Canadian […]

RCMP Media Release | At 3:30 p.m. Thursday July 14th, a small Lake Buccaneer floatplane crashed in Wellman Lake, approximately 55 kilometers southeast of Swan River. Click the picture for a larger verision. The male pilot, age 61, from the Swan River area and two adult men, one from Whitehorse and the other from Dauphin […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm, Swan River RCMP, Bowsman Fire Department and Parkland EMS responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 268 approximately 45 kilometers north east of Swan River. An all terrain utility vehicle crossing the highway collided with south bound van. The lone occupant of the […]

RCMP Media Release | RCMP investigators have charged 24 year old Ryan CHARTRAND with Second Degree Murder. The victim has been identified as 33 year old Lance RICHARD. An autopsy has been completed, and the cause of death has been attributed to blunt force trauma. The victim and the accused were known to each other, […]

RCMP Media Release | On June 25, 2011 at about 6:30 a.m. Winnipegosis RCMP as well as local emergency services were dispatched to a complaint of an assault at a residence on Pine Creek First Nation. On arrival at the residence, police discovered an unresponsive 24 year old male. The man was transported by ambulance […]

RCMP Media Release | Just before 8:00 p.m. Sunday, officers from the Dauphin Municipal RCMP detachment received a report of a 2 vehicle collision that occurred on 2nd Avenue N.E. in Dauphin. The suspect vehicle fled the scene without exchanging particulars with the driver of the vehicle that was hit. Witnesses to the collision provided […]

Swan River RCMP Media Release | At about 10:45 p.m. on June 11th, 2011 Swan River RCMP, Parkland EMS and Minitonas Fire Department responded to a single vehicle rollover at Wellman Lake. A Chevrolet Silverado was traveling on Regatta Bay Road, near the Wellman Lake cottages when the vehicle lost control and rolled. The passenger […]

Swan River RCMP Media Release | On June 10, 2011 at approximately 8:30 P.M. Swan River RCMP, Parkland Ambulance and the Birch River Fire Department were dispatched to a single motor vehicle roll over on Highway 10 approximately 74 kilometers north of Swan River. RCMP and EMS found a Chevrolet Avalanche in the west ditch […]

RCMP Media Release | On May 24th, at about 6:00 p.m. Swan River RCMP and Swan Valley EMS (ambulance) responded to an Assault with a Weapon near the Taylor School in Swan River, Manitoba. A physical altercation between two male youths escalated where one youth produced a knife and caused non-life threatening injuries to the […]

RCMP Media Release | On May 17th, 2011 at 8:15 a.m. Swan River RCMP responded to a complaint of Mischief outside of a residence in Swan River, Manitoba. Police patrols located the lone male suspect, who was arrested & released for Provincial Court in Swan River on June 27, 2011. A Search Warrant obtained later […]

RCMP Media Release | On May 19th, 2011 Swan River RCMP executed a Search Warrant on a residence in Benito, Manitoba. As a result of a police investigation relating to an unauthorized possession of a firearm and failing to comply with an undertaking, an arrest occurred with the subsequent execution of a Search Warrant in […]

RCMP Media Release | On May 11th, 2011 Swan River RCMP laid four charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Charged are Donna Evelyn FLEURY (47 years) of Swan River (2 charges, re: Cannabis & Oxycodone) and Wesley Randall FLEURY (50 years) of […]

RCMP Media Release | On May 6, 2011, Swan River RCMP executed a CDSA (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) search warrant at a residence in Birch River, Manitoba.  During the investigation police seized in excess of 100 marihuana plants in various stages of growth, as well as growing equipment and two firearms.   John Joseph BELL, age 73, of Birch River […]

Government of Manitoba Media Release | The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer advises that Walter Goba of the Swan River area has been convicted in provincial court of operating a kennel without a licence, confining an animal in hazardous conditions and housing animals in unsanitary conditions.  Goba was charged under the Animal Care Act […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 12, 2011 just before 7:00 p.m., Winnipegosis RCMP were dispatched to the scene of a shooting on Pine Creek First Nation.   Initial investigation indicates that there were a number of males fighting at the location. A firearm was discharged, and a 34 year old man from Duck Bay, […]

SWAN RIVER RCMP advise of multiple thefts from unlocked vehicles .   Overnight on April 7th, numerous complaints of theft from unlocked vehicles were received from residents living on 9th Avenue North and 10 Avenue North,  in Swan River .   This morning, April 8th another unlocked vehicle was entered on Riverview Drive and property […]

According to a media release by the RCMP, at approximately 7:20 p.m., Saturday night April 2nd Swan River RCMP & Swan River Emergency Personnel (fire and ambulance) were dispatched to a snowmobile collision approximately 1 km north of Swan River on a provincially designated snowmobile trail.   The snowmobile operator was traveling southbound on the […]

According to a media release by the RCMP, a woman (age 22) and resident of Swan River, Manitoba was charged on March 27th for assault with a weapon , assault causing bodily harm, possessing a weapon dangerous to the public peace and other related criminal charges after committing a vicious attack against a man (age […]

According to a media release by the RCMP, Swan River RCMP executed a search warrant on a residence in Swan River, Manitoba on February 25th, 2011. The search resulted in two male adults being charged and remanded into custody in Dauphin to appear on February 28th.   23 grams of marihuana with a street value of $460.00 […]