The owner of the Gilbert Plains Hotel was unharmed following an attempted robbery at knifepoint this weekend.
Bernie Fillion tells CKDM a woman entered his hotel on Saturday night holding a large knife, with her face covered.
“Basically what happened is, this woman approached me with an 8-10 inch butcher knife and tried to get me to turn over my money. She had a balaclava on her head,” he said.
The hotel owner refused to hand over any money, and yelled out the front door for help. At that point, someone came and helped Bernie chase away the would-be robber.
Bernie says when police arrived, he pointed them in the direction where the suspect ran off to.
There have been unconfirmed reports that police apprehended the suspect. An ambulance was also reported to have been on the scene.
RCMP are expected to release more details on Tuesday about the incident.
