{"id":174713,"date":"2025-09-28T05:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/174713\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T05:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:57:14","slug":"no-plans-to-scale-back-search-for-missing-6-year-old-alberta-sar-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/174713\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No plans to scale back\u2019 search for missing 6-year-old, Alberta SAR says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities 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<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/darius-macdougall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Darius Macdougall<\/a> was reported missing after he failed to return from a walk with five other young family members.<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP was notified about an hour later, and a search was launched.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Handout &#8211; RCMP (Mandatory Credit)\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>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<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Search expands for missing 6-year-old Alberta boy'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250925-HEATHER.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:56<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearch expands for missing 6-year-old Alberta boy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11454147\/donald-trump-orders-troops-to-portland-oregon\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f02e2c50bf2c33d379102174d840a9e09b28bd34fb250a59dcdce79796209e5b_b9e986.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump orders U.S. troops to Portland, Oregon, authorizes \u2018full force\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11454042\/mark-carney-canada-post-strike-cupw\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759039033_427_57b96e3ec7ca2d114d421987734a3de85b0d08496c2d53eb0adc1ea575996749.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada Post operations not \u2018viable,\u2019 Carney says amid strike action\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>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<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do ask the public to please leave search efforts to the highly trained professionals on scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crews say they are hopeful the boy has survived the ordeal, based on their consultations with experts in wilderness survival.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Calgary<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,85470,89171,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-174713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-darius-macdougall","11":"tag-missing-child","12":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}