According to the province, the lodge is meant to be a resource hub that'll provide more youth justice resources up north.

Tom Matus, CAO of Lynn Lake, told Global News more than three dozen homes are in a tight lockdown in the community of less than 500 people.

The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report Monday, describing the violence against First Nations, Metis and Inuit women and girls a form of “genocide” and a crisis “centuries in the making.