ST. THERESA POINT, Man. -- A charge of manslaughter has been laid in the death of a man from northern Manitoba.

RCMP say the 28-year-old resident of St. Theresa Point suffered life-threatening injuries during an alleged assault with a weapon on Nov. 28.

He was taken to the local nursing station, then flown to Winnipeg where he died two days later.

A 28-year-old woman from St. Theresa Point was arrested on Dec. 1.

Cheryl Lynne Flett was remanded and appeared in a Winnipeg courtroom on Monday.