Human remains have been discovered in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, according to RCMP.
RCMP said they received a call about the remains at 10:15 a.m. Thursday morning.
The remains were found in a ditch on Spruce Road, just south of Highway 15.
"We have a body that's been obviously buried, and placed there," said RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigre. "Now the investigative steps need to determine first of all, who this is, how long they've been there, why they were put there."
A farmer who lives nearby tells CTV News he believes an animal may have dug a hole exposing the remains.
"I was very shocked to hear that," said area resident Alma Newman. "That there would be something so close to home."
Alma Newman and her husband James have lived in the area for almost 50 years. And she said she can't remember anything like this ever happening. But she does remember something unusual last February. One evening, her dog was barking at a vehicle parked on the road for more than an hour.
"Dogs don't bark unless something is drastically wrong, and or hear something going on in that field,” she said.
Her husband James agreed.
"They know every vehicle that goes by here just by the sound. But if it’s a vehicle that's never been here before, they got the attention of the dog," he said.
At this stage of the investigation, RCMP can't say exactly how long the remains have been there.
The investigation is ongoing and RCMP will provide updates as they become available.
