Still ‘very, very hopeful’ missing boy will be found: Alberta Search and Rescue

As search and rescue crews continue to scour the forest, mountains and waterways of an area near Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta for a missing five-year-old boy , a spokesperson says “there is no talk on the ground of anything other than a positive outcome.”

Adam Kennedy, provincial training manager for Search and Rescue Alberta, said during a media briefing on Tuesday afternoon that there are now 82 search and rescue members from Alberta and British Columbia involved in the ground search for Darius Macdougall , who was discovered missing on Sunday after he failed to return from a walk with other family members near Island Lake Campground, about 250 km south of Calgary.

The search has been taking place both day and night, with help from dogs, drones and helicopters, some of th