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GORHAM TOWNSHIP, Ont. — A child who was the subject of an Amber Alert in northern Ontario was found 30 kilometres from where he went missing on Monday as police continued to search for his mother.

Ontario Provincial Police said the eight-year-old boy, first reported missing from Gorham Township at 9 a.m. Monday, was located roughly three hours later at a Tim Hortons in Thunder Bay.

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Sgt. Shelley Garr said the Amber Alert was issued because the child was believed to be in danger at the time. She offered no word on the boy’s condition but said he has been taken into protective custody.

Amber Alert Ontario had tweeted that the boy was “found safe.”