News - Lynn Lake

Lynn Lake RCMP are reporting that a 25-year-old Brochet, Manitoba man was arrested and charged in connection to a number of theft incidents. Assisting in the investigation was police service dog Linkin, who located a stolen firearm.

A male prisoner of the Lynn Lake RCMP recently escaped custody while being escorted from the local detachment to a police vehicle. Police warn the public not to approach the suspect if spotted as he is considered dangerous.

Lynn Lake RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing man from Winnipeg, 33-year-old Robert McMahon.

A 59-year-old man has drowned after the boat he was in capsized on Hughes Lake, located on the Black Sturgeon First Nation.

On April 25, 2018, Lynn Lake RCMP received a report from a local resident that they had rescued an injured eagle from the slush on the lake and it was now inside their van.

During the evening hours of February 20, 2018, Lynn Lake RCMP issued a warrant for the arrest of 46-year-old John Gerald Glen Linklater of Black Sturgeon Falls First Nation, Manitoba, in relation to a recent animal abuse investigation.

On February 7, 2018, Lynn Lake RCMP were made aware by members of the community that some dogs were locked up in a house located in Black Sturgeon Falls First Nation, Manitoba.

“Life is a Highway” road signs were unveiled this past weekend honouring the Lynn Lake-born singer Tom Cochrane along a 322-kilometre section of PR 391 connecting Lynn Lake and Thompson.

Thompson RCMP are renewing a plea for public assistance in locating a missing Lynn Lake, Manitoba man, 35-year-old Yvon Shawn Guignard.

A 322-kilometre section of PR 391 connecting Lynn Lake and Thompson will be renamed Tom Cochrane’s Life is a Highway, in honour of the Lynn Lake-born singer.