Spiritwood Incident [SEP] point in time
Spiritwood Incident
The Spiritwood Incident occurred on 7 July 2006. The shooting during police hot pursuit began in the town of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Canada, a community of about 1000 people located approximately 92 miles (148 km) Northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and ended near Mildred, Saskatchewan, approximately 27 kilometres away.
Incident.
On July 7, 2006, two officers from the RCMP detachment in Spiritwood, Constables Robin Cameron and Marc Bourdages, responded to a complaint at a home close to the detachment.
a village and, by September 1, 1965, the community had grown large enough to attain town status.
This was the scene of the two deaths of RCMP officers in 2006, where after a 12-day manhunt, the suspect surrendered without incident.
Economy.
Mixed farming predominates and consists primarily of grain production. A Spiritwood company with global connections that focuses on pig genetics, producing breeding stock and commercial swine, has roughly 50 employees. There is some forestry in the region north of Spiritwood.
Attractions.