WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he’s reaching out to the prime minister about the justice system after learning a man who killed two Indigenous women is being released from prison.
Shawn Lamb pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2012 deaths of Carolyn Sinclair and Lorna Blacksmith and was sentenced to 20 years.
Kinew says he hasn’t asked to discuss Lamb’s case with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
But the premier says learning Lamb has been granted statutory release after serving two-thirds of the sentence touches on his concerns about pre-emptive release, parole and sentencing.
Lamb was initially arrested in the death of a third woman, Tanya Nepinak, but the Crown stayed the charge due to a lack of evidence.
Nepinak’s body is believed to be in a Winnipeg landfill, and the provincial government has indicated it’s open to searching for her remains.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2025.
