The RCMP have charged a 29-year-old Rankin Inlet man with aggravated assault after another man was sent to Winnipeg by medevac for medical attention on Tuesday.
The victim is expected to make a full recovery, the RCMP stated.
A justice of the peace allowed the accused, who the RCMP did not name in a news release, to be released from custody with conditions.
His next scheduled court date is Aug. 10 in Rankin Inlet.