Knife-wielding man arrested in Swan Valley Health Centre 

Officers used a Taser on a knife-wielding man who locked himself in an emergency room bathroom Sunday, RCMP say.

Swan River officers were sent to the Swan Valley Health Centre at about 2:30 p.m. They opened the door to find a man holding the knife. The man, who is known to police, was not a patient in the hospital at the time.

The man refused repeated demands to drop the knife, RCMP said in a news release Monday.

The 45-year-old Sapotaweyak Cree Nation man suffered a minor injury from his knife before police arrived, the release said. He was treated at the hospital and then taken into custody.

The man is charged with the possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes.