The search for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran has officially started at Prairie Green landfill, north of Winnipeg.

The dig began Monday morning, Premier Wab Kinew announced at a noon news conference.

“At 10:01 a.m., the first truck carrying landfill material drove down this mountain that is Prairie Green and delivered that first load of landfill material into the search facility,” he said.

Search technicians with rakes and glove-covered hands have been working their way through the material since, Kinew said.

“We found some items that indicate that we are in the right date range and time,” he said, but did not elaborate.