Tag Archives: RCMP Releases

RCMP Investigate Community Hall Fire in Duck Bay

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 […]

2011/12/13Local Interest

Christmas Check Stop Program 2011

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 […]

2011/12/03Local Interest

RCMP Swan River – Marihuana Seizure

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 […]

2011/11/22Local Interest

RCMP Investigate Fatal Single Vehicle Collision – UPDATED

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 […]

2011/10/25Local Interest

RCMP Swan River – Marihuana Seizure

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 […]

2011/10/18Local Interest

Computer Scam Goes Viral in Canada

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 […]

2011/09/30Local Interest

Missing Dominican Tourist Located Near Thunderhill

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 […]

2011/09/17Local Interest

Arson Suspected in Swan River Landfill Fire

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 […]

2011/09/01Local Interest

RCMP Investigate Fatal Farm Accident

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 […]

2011/08/26Local Interest

Pine Creek Youth Turns Himself In

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 […]

2011/08/26Local Interest

Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision with a Horse

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 […]

2011/08/02Local Interest

RCMP Investigate Shooting on Pine Creek First Nation

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 […]

2011/07/30Local Interest

RCMP Execute Search Warrant and Seize Drugs

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 […]

2011/07/26Local Interest

Plane Crashes in Wellman Lake

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 […]

2011/07/15Local Interest

Fatal Accident Involving ATV and Van

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 […]

2011/07/06Local Interest

Charges Laid in Pine Creek First Nation Murder

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, […]

2011/06/28Local Interest

RCMP Investigate Homicide on Pine Creek First Nation

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 […]

2011/06/26Local Interest

Hit and Run

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 […]

2011/06/20Local Interest

Single Vehicle Rollover Fatality (Wellman Lake)

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 […]

2011/06/13Local Interest

Single Motor Vehicle Collision Claims one Life

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 […]

2011/06/13Local Interest

Swan River RCMP – Youth Charged: Assault with a Weapon

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 […]

2011/05/26Local Interest

Swan River RCMP – Drug Charges / Resist Arrest / Mischief

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 […]

2011/05/25Local Interest

Swan River RCMP – Firearm & Drug Charge

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 […]

2011/05/24Local Interest

Swan River RCMP – Drug Charges Laid

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 […]

2011/05/12Local Interest

Swan River RCMP – Drug And Firearm Seizure

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 […]

2011/05/09Local Interest

Swan River Area Man Convicted of Animal Abuse

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 […]

2011/04/21Local Interest

RCMP Investigate Attempted Murder on Pine Creek First Nation

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, […]

2011/04/14Local Interest

Multiple Thefts from Unlocked Vehicles

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 […]

2011/04/08Local Interest

Snowmobile Crash leads to Serious Injuries

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 […]

2011/04/04Local Interest

Woman Sentenced after Assault with Broken Bottle

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 […]

2011/04/04Local Interest

Swan River RCMP Execute Search Warrant for Drugs

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 […]

2011/02/28Local Interest