News - Nelson House

On July 10, 2011, shortly after 1pm, Thompson RCMP Detachment received a report from a civilian advising a canoe had capsized on the river downstream from the Notigi Dam, about 45 minutes north of Nelson House FN, off of Highway 391.

An RCMP member is facing weapons related charges after an internal investigation began last August due to concerns about inappropriate social network postings.

Lloydminster RCMP are asking the public assistance in locating 13-year-old Seth Penner.

On January 29, 2010, at about 7:30pm, Thompson Rural RCMP received a report of a house fire at a hunter’s cabin approximately 2 km North of Nelson House, Manitoba.

On January 19, 2010, 20-year-old Raymond Jeremy McDonald from Nelson House First Nation was arrested and charged with second degree murder in relation to the death of Bernard Hart.

A 59-year-old Nelson House resident is at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre where he remains in grave condition after being found unresponsive in cells at the RCMP Nelson House Detachment.

On September 29, 2009 at about 3:30am, RCMP Nelson Detachment were on their way to respond to a disturbance call on Nelson House First Nation when a jeep coming out of a dirt trail nearly collided with the RCMP police truck.

On September 27, 2009, shortly after midnight, the RCMP Nelson House Detachment was advised that 30-year-old Douglas Bighetty from Nelson House First Nation had not returned to a camp, north of Notigi in the East Manarsky Lake Area.

Two youth, both 16-years-old from Nelson House First Nation, have been arrested in connection with a homicide that occurred on August 29, 2009.

On August 29, 2009 at about 4:30am, the RCMP Nelson House Detachment were dispatched to a male individual found along a roadway in the Community of Nelson House First Nation.