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8-year-old Emerson Poulin has been located safely and the Amber Alert has been lifted. 28-year-old Christopher Daniel Poulin was arrested without incident.

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An Amber Alert has been issued for an eight-year-old boy who's missing from Thunder Bay, Ont., and could be traveling through Manitoba to Prince Albert, Sask.

Police believe that eight-year-old Emerson Poulin, from Thunder Bay, was abducted by 28-year-old Christopher Daniel Poulin of Prince Albert, and they were last seen around 11 pm E.T. last night.

Emerson(pictured above) is described as white, around 4' tall, 70 pounds, with a thin build, brown eyes, and brown hair. He was last seen wearing black and red shoes with velcro straps.

Christopher(pictured below) is described as white, 5'9" tall, 190 pounds, with shoulder-length bleached blond hair, which is sometimes in a ponytail. When he was last seen, Christopher was wearing black-rimmed glasses, a white baseball cap, a white shirt, grey shoes, and a grey sweater.

A warrant is being sought for the arrest of Christopher Poulin for Failing to provide the necessities of life, abduction, unlawful confinement, and breach of a release.

If you see Christopher Poulin, please call 911 immediately. Do not approach or confront him. Police are still looking for vehicle descriptors, so if you see or have information about the vehicle he is driving, please call 911 to provide detail to the police.

Christopher POULIN media handoutChristopher Daniel Poulin, 28, of Prince Albert, Sask. via Thunder Bay Police Service