Missing toddler found after wandering 1 km from home in northern Alberta
Posted May 12, 2025 10:35 am.
Last Updated May 12, 2025 10:36 am.
A toddler who was reported missing in a northwestern Alberta town was found Monday morning by a search and rescue helicopter – about one kilometre from home.
The two-year-old was reported missing from a home in Clear Hills County, Alta., north of Grande Prairie, Sunday around 10:24 p.m.
Multiple police, fire and search and rescue teams were called to help, and more than 100 community volunteers took part in the search.
Authorities say the search continued overnight, and the Grande Prairie technical search and rescue helicopter spotted the child at 6:05 a.m., who had wandered about one kilometre away from home.
“The child was assessed, found to be in good health and reunited with their family,” Alberta RCMP said in a news release.
“I would like to thank all of those who answered our call for help” said Cst. Lucas Lehman of the Fairview RCMP detachment. “Between the various RCMP units, Worsley Fire Department, Grande Prairie Technical Search & Rescue and all the volunteers, we were able to quickly cover search ground as well as have teams dedicated to other necessary search tasks.
“This is a fine example of partners and community coming together to achieve an important goal.”
