News - Russell

On May 18, 2014, at approximately 9:30am, Russell RCMP, along with local ambulance and fire, responded to a report of an airplane crash at the Russell Airport.

On April 30, 2014, shortly before 12:30am, Prairie Mountain RCMP responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 45, approximately 16 kilometres east of Russell, Manitoba.

The Russell and Shoal Lake RCMP Detachments would like to warn area citizens of several reports of thefts targeting elderly citizens.

On January 1, 2013, at 5pm, Russell RCMP were informed of a violent patient at the Russell Health Centre. RCMP responded within minutes and found a 43-year-old Waywayseecappo man threatening hospital staff and patients.

On July 4, 2012, at 11am, RCMP, Fire and EMS responded to the scene of a helicopter crash, approximately 6 kilometers south of Silverton, Manitoba.

On April 2, 2012, at about 2pm, Russell RCMP as well as local emergency services were dispatched to the scene of a two vehicle collision on Highway 16 at the junction of Highway 83 in Russell, Manitoba.

On July 8, 2011, members from Roblin, Russell, WayWayseecappo and Rossburn RCMP Detachments, assisted by the Dauphin RCMP police dog service, executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Arrests have been made in connection with a traffic stop conducted by Russell RCMP earlier in March.

After a lengthy investigation, criminal charges have now been laid against Gerald Vermette of St. Pierre in connection with a fatal collision that occurred last June.

RCMP have located 16-year-old Lisa McCormick, who was reported missing from the Russell area on January 6, 2010.