One man is in custody following a stabbing Wednesday on a First Nation near Fort McMurray. Wood Buffalo RCMP said in a media release that the victim of the early-morning stabbing was taken to a Fort McMurray hospital and remains in critical condition. Officers responded to a report of a stabbing at a home on Fort McMurray 468 First Nation at 4:30 a.m. They found a person suffering from serious, life-threatening stab wounds. The victim was taken to the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre. CTV News Edmonton has contacted RCMP to confirm the victim’s gender. RCMP arrested a 32-year-old man at the scene and took him into custody. Police said he later assaulted two officers during additional interactions. The Janvier resident is charged with aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats, two counts of assaulting a peace officer and two counts of unlawfully resisting a peace officer. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in Fort McMurray court on Monday. The Fort McMurray 468 First Nation sits on Gregoire Lake 35 kilometres south of Fort McMurray, 380 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
