Wednesday, June 24, 2026
ADVT 
National

Calgary Boy, 11, Missing Since Friday, Fell In River At Yoho National Park

The Canadian Press, 23 Jul, 2016 01:21 PM
  • Calgary Boy, 11, Missing Since Friday, Fell In River At Yoho National Park
FIELD, B.C. — Parks Canada is leading an extensive search for a missing 11-year-old boy in southeastern British Columbia.
 
Parks Canada says a boy fell into the Yoho River in Yoho National Park on Friday evening.
 
Golden Search and Rescue, RCMP and local emergency services conducted an aerial and ground search of the area until 10:30 p.m.
 
Officials say the missing boy is from Calgary.  
 
He was last seen falling into the river near the Takkakaw Falls day use area.
 
The search resumed at daylight on Saturday is ongoing.

MORE National ARTICLES

Nature Of Policing Makes It Ripe For Unprofessional Behaviour: Canada's Top Mountie Says

Nature Of Policing Makes It Ripe For Unprofessional Behaviour: Canada's Top Mountie Says
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told members of the Vancouver Board of Trade on Thursday that harassment and bullying in the workplace is unacceptable.

Nature Of Policing Makes It Ripe For Unprofessional Behaviour: Canada's Top Mountie Says

Newfoundlanders Say Next Supreme Court Justice Should Come From Their Province

Newfoundlanders Say Next Supreme Court Justice Should Come From Their Province
The Supreme Court of Canada will soon have a vacancy, and the president of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador says it's time the new justice came from her province.

Newfoundlanders Say Next Supreme Court Justice Should Come From Their Province

B.C. Man Daniel Sutherland With Seven Arson Convictions Declared Dangerous Offender

B.C. Man Daniel Sutherland With Seven Arson Convictions Declared Dangerous Offender
A "pathological fire setter" who has been convicted of seven arsons has been imprisoned indefinitely as a dangerous offender.   

B.C. Man Daniel Sutherland With Seven Arson Convictions Declared Dangerous Offender

Saskatchewan Police Search For Escaped Murder Suspect After Men Ambush Guards

Saskatchewan Police Search For Escaped Murder Suspect After Men Ambush Guards
Braidy Vermette, 27, escaped while being taken to a hospital for a self-inflicted arm injury Wednesday night in Prince Albert.

Saskatchewan Police Search For Escaped Murder Suspect After Men Ambush Guards

Prince Rupert Residents Worry Aggressive Wolves Threaten Pedestrians, Pets

Prince Rupert Residents Worry Aggressive Wolves Threaten Pedestrians, Pets
Some residents of Prince Rupert, B.C., say they are nervous about increasing wolf encounters in the north coast city.

Prince Rupert Residents Worry Aggressive Wolves Threaten Pedestrians, Pets

RCMP Boss Bob Paulson Reticent To Answer Questions About Avoiding Speeding Ticket

RCMP Boss Bob Paulson Reticent To Answer Questions About Avoiding Speeding Ticket
Bob Paulson told members of the Vancouver Board of Trade that he was pulled over while driving a rental vehicle along the Coquihalla Highway returning from a friend's wedding last year.

RCMP Boss Bob Paulson Reticent To Answer Questions About Avoiding Speeding Ticket