National

Parks Canada Scales Back Recovery Operation For Missing Calgary Boy

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Jul, 2016 12:55 PM

FIELD, B.C. — Parks Canada says it has scaled back the recovery operation for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho River in southeastern B.C.

Two boys ended up in the river near the Takkakaw Falls on Friday evening while visiting Yoho National Park with their family.

One of them was quickly rescued, but the other was swept downstream, Parks Canada spokeswoman Tania Peters said.

Dwight Bordin, also of Parks Canada, said helicopters were continuing to monitor the area on Monday after an extensive search on the weekend.

He said a 20-kilometre stretch of river includes some challenging terrain.

"The water volumes are high and the water is milky. There's about 4.5 kilometres of canyon with rock shelves that are very narrow, and downstream there's lots of debris, boulders and log jams."

A Parks Canada dog handler was among 35 people from various agencies involved in the aerial and ground search on the weekend.

Everyone's thoughts are with the missing boy's family, Bordin said.

The incident is now being handled by the Golden-Field RCMP as a missing persons case.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Woman Dead Falling From Party Bus In Vancouver

Sgt. Randy Fincham says police received a report around 9:30 Saturday evening that a woman had fallen from a moving party bus at Burrard and West Hastings Street.

Woman Dead Falling From Party Bus In Vancouver

Alberta's Rachel Notley Says Document Shredding Ban Continues At Environment Department

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says a ban on document shredding will continue in the Environment Department until she is sure no more documents are improperly destroyed.

Alberta's Rachel Notley Says Document Shredding Ban Continues At Environment Department

Firefighting Funds Depleted: Record Number Of Wildfires In National Parks

Wildfires scorched a record amount of Canada's national parks last year — the latest in a number of long, hot summers that have almost entirely depleted Parks Canada's firefighting reserve.

Firefighting Funds Depleted: Record Number Of Wildfires In National Parks

Premier Kathleen Wynne Says Ontario Is Preparing Protocols For Physician-Assisted Death

The top court is holding an oral hearing today on the Trudeau government's request for a six-month extension to deal with the issue.

Premier Kathleen Wynne Says Ontario Is Preparing Protocols For Physician-Assisted Death

Somali-Canadian Woman Fights Revocation Of Security Clearance That Cost Her Airline Job

Ayaan Farah, 31, says Ottawa unfairly revoked her Transportation Security Clearance a year ago, leading to her firing from her full-time job of eight years.

Somali-Canadian Woman Fights Revocation Of Security Clearance That Cost Her Airline Job

Justin Trudeau Makes The Tabloids For His Family Vacation On Small Caribbean Island

The visit to Nevis, a small island that is part of the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, was billed as a private family vacation, but it has become fodder for celebrity gossip website TMZ.