RCMP have charged a 30-year-old man from Deschambault Lake with aggravated assault in connection to a stabbing incident early yesterday morning.

Rodney Ratt is accused of causing a serious stab wound to the leg of a 32-year-old man from Deschambault Lake.

RCMP say the man was injured during an altercation at a home in the northern community at around 2:00 a.m. yesterday.

The victim was taken to the local clinic and the Flin Flon Hospital before being airlifted to Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital.

Ratt made a court appearance in La Ronge this morning, and remains in custody.

He will be back in court next week.