RCMP believe a deployed ‘distraction device’ during the manhunt led to a small fire inside an apartment building in Vernon on Monday afternoon.

RCMP say that police service dog Fergus, who was stabbed in the line of duty, is 'on the road to a full recovery.'

RCMP said an effort was made to catch Robert Gordon Heltman in mid-August after learning he was possibly hiding in a home in Vernon.

Police Dog Services were called to track the suspect and officers were dispatched to establish a perimeter, but the man wasn’t located.

People were asked to pack up and leave as Parks Canada wardens and RCMP searched for a suspect.

Montreal police are still looking for an 'important witness' in two homicides that took place in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighbourhoods.

"There was a lot of fear and just a lot of unknowns, and I think that was truly the hardest part for our community," said Gillam Mayor Dwayne Forman.

“At this point, my adrenaline had just gone through the roof, and I knew I had to call 911.”

Doucette's lawyers said he only had a brief chance to speak with him on Monday and needed more time.

Tobias Charles Doucette has been at large since Monday after police say he stabbed a police officer in the neck and ran off. He was last seen wearing only a pair of shorts.