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Coppermine River Murder

    Inspector Charles La Nauze, Corporal Dennis Withers and Sgt. James Freeman make a fourteen month patrol by dog team from Fort Norman to the mouth of the Coppermine River to arrest tow Inuit – Uloqsaq and Sinisiak for the murder of two priests.         BACKGROUND In late 1913, Jean-Baptiste Rouvière […]

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Cst. John Allen

    George Arthur Allen joined the NWMP March 19, 1892 at Regina and was issued the regimental number of  2783. After service in ‘K’ and ‘M’ Divisions he took his discharge in 1900. As part of the WWII effort, Allen rejoined the Force as a Special Constable, March 11, 1940, and served as a […]

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