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<\/p>\nAuthorities in Alberta said Saturday that there are no plans to scale back a massive search and rescue mission for a six-year-old boy who went missing last Sunday while on a walk with his family in southwest Alberta.<\/p>\n
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Darius Macdougall<\/a> was reported missing after he failed to return from a walk with five other young family members.<\/p>\n The RCMP was notified about an hour later, and a search was launched.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tDarius Macdougall, 6, of Lethbridge, Alta., is shown in this RCMP missing person handout photo.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Handout – RCMP (Mandatory Credit)\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cI want to stress that we are not scaling back the search. Our TSG officers are now on the ground doing a shoulder-to-shoulder search,\u201d RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney told reporters on Saturday, adding that the officers at the scene were trained to \u201csearch for even the smallest piece of evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Adam Kennedy from Search and Rescue Alberta (SAR) said there were approximately 225 personnel actively scouring the terrain for any signs of Macdougall.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:56 \t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n \t\tNext Video<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tTrump sets 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals, 25% on heavy trucks for Oct. 1\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tRenowned ICU doctor Darren Markland dies in Alberta mountain biking accident\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Additionally, there are 128 SAR volunteers from Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan on the scene, he said, as well as a selection of technological tools to aid in advancing the search.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n \u201cAlberta Emergency Health Services has been engaged to provide medical care for all personnel on scene. Search dogs, a helicopter, and drones with infrared cameras continue to be used,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Other agencies involved in the search include the Alberta conservation officers, Alberta Sheriffs\u2019 fish and wildlife officers, RCMP air services, RCMP police dog services and the RCMP tactile support group.<\/p>\n Kennedy said that while SAR was grateful to the public for its interest in joining the search efforts, the task\u00a0must be left to the experts.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cWe do ask the public to please leave search efforts to the highly trained professionals on scene.\u201d<\/p>\n Crews say they are hopeful the boy has survived the ordeal, based on their consultations with experts in wilderness survival.<\/p>\n \u201cFor sure,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cObviously, the longer the search lasts, the probability of a favourable outcome does decrease, but as of today, the search effort is reflecting the assumption that Darius is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore on Calgary \n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in Alberta said Saturday that there are no plans to scale back a massive search and rescue…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":260586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,132777,27685,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-260585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-darius-macdougall","10":"tag-missing-child","11":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115280409152704840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Click](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250925-HEATHER.jpg\")
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