WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has begun its "test phase" search of a Winnipeg landfill for the remains of a victim of a convicted serial killer.

Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesday the preliminary search of the city-run Brady Road landfill for the remains of Ashlee Shingoose started this week.

"We began the pilot test phase ... this is basically the excavation and taking a look at the material to try and figure out what is the actual process of the search going to look like," he said.

A small team has also been conducting ground-penetrating radar tests to narrow down a search area, said Kinew.

He said a proper search of the landfill could happen later this year.

Shingoose was one of four First Nations women killed by Jeremy Skibicki in Winnipeg in 2022.

His trial heard he targeted

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