A rifle-wielding man attempted to rob the Macklin Hotel and Old Bar early Saturday morning.
A man carrying a rifle and dressed in black with a mask entered the Macklin hotel bar just after midnight on Saturday and demanded money from a bar employee, according to a Saskatchewan RCMP statement.
The employee was able to flee and lock herself in a back room.
Tom Gym, the owner of the hotel, said no one was injured. He said the threatened employee mentioned in the statement was his wife.
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The suspect did not take any money. The RCMP says it doesn’t know if he fled on foot or in a vehicle.
He is described as approximately five feet eight inches tall with a slim build.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the RCMP outposts in Unity, Wilkie or Macklin or Crime Stoppers.
Macklin is approximately 250 kilometres west of Saskatoon.
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