{"id":819821,"date":"2026-07-23T01:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819821\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:29:42","slug":"parker-wells-concerns-about-food-scam-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819821\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Wells: \u00a0concerns about food, scam &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well intentioned Calgarians who are setting out morsels for a missing Calgary boy may want to take extra consideration, say Calgary Police.<\/p>\n<p>CPS tells CityNews some are taking matters into their own hands with placement of food and water labelled \u201cParker\u201d in parks and other public places in hopes that he will consume it.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s concern about Parker\u2019s condition as he\u2019s been missing several days.<\/p>\n<p>read more:  <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/17\/search-ongoing-for-missing-calgary-boy-appeal-issued\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Search ongoing for missing Calgary boy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police say they have no issues with water being left out; however, any food left in place should be non spoilable such as granola bars, especially considering the warm weather of late.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u00a0CPS are making a downloadable copy of Parker\u2019s missing person poster available in Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish, Tagalog, Russian, Ukrainian, Hindi, and Polish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/parker-wells-Cantonese-poster-1-791x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease consider sharing it with your family, friends, neighbours, workplaces and community groups <\/p>\n<p>to help expand our reach and keep Parker\u2019s photo visible throughout Calgary and surrounding areas,\u201d says a CPS statement.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police have also warned of scam connected to Parker.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>CPS say a GoFundMe campaign is claiming to support Parker\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fundraiser is not authorized &amp; has no connection to Parker\u2019s family. At this time, the family has confirmed that there is no official GoFundMe associated with this case. Police are urging the public to use caution when contributing to online fundraisers &amp; to verify the legitimacy of any donation campaign before making a contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Anyone with information about his whereabouts, or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage of Parker, is asked to contact police by calling 403-266-1234 or by submitting footage.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well intentioned Calgarians who are setting out morsels for a missing Calgary boy may want to take extra&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-819821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819821","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=819821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}