RCMP members living in Shamattawa and other remote communities in Manitoba are well aware that there are many challenges living in a remote northern community, not the least of which is limited recreational activities.
A 16-year-old youth has been charged with 2nd Degree Murder in connection with a Shamattawa house fire which occurred earlier this week.
Two sets of remains found at a Shamattawa house fire earlier this week have been examined and one has been positively identified.
RCMP Shamattawa Detachment with the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner continue to investigate and search through the rubble of a local house fire which occurred earlier this month.
On January 2, 2010, shortly after 4am, the RCMP Shamattawa Detachment members were dispatched to a house fire on Riverside Road in the community of Shamattawa.
On May 16, 2009, at about 7:00 a.m., RCMP Shamattawa Detachment responded to a complaint for assistance and located a woman who had been stabbed in her residence.
A 26 year old woman was flown to the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg where she remains in critical condition after being seriously assaulted early January 14, 2009 in the northern Manitoba community of Shamattawa.
