A charge of second-degree murder has been laid in the death of a northern man in Prince Albert this week.

Davis David Broussie, a 25-year-old Black Lake resident, was discovered unconscious Monday morning and later died in hospital.

The official cause of death has not been released but police say the victim was stabbed.

Yesterday, a search warrant was executed at a home in the west flats area of the city.

Twenty-three-year-old Charles Adam Stewart has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

He was scheduled to appear in court Thursday.