Officers responded to a call about an unconscious man laying on the side of Fishermans Harbour Rd. in Fishermans Harbour Wednesday at 6:50 p.m.
Police say the 31-year-old Port Bickerton man was unconscious and not breathing.
A 46-year-old Fishermans Harbour man was administering first aid, and an RCMP officer started CPR.
The man was revived, and then taken to hospital by EHS when they arrived a short time later.
Police say the victim was in an altercation with a 29-year-old Port Hastings man at a home in the community before he was found.
Officers arrested that man at a Port Bickerton home.
Brandon Trent Aylward, 29, of Port Hastings, has been charged with Aggravated Assault and two counts of Failure to Comply with Conditions of a Release Order.
Aylward remains in custody and is set to appear in Antigonish Provincial Court on March 9, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.
