Officials say the chance of survival is now less than five per cent for a six-year-old boy missing in the Alberta wilderness since last weekend, as an exhaustive search effort enters its second week.

Darius Macdougall was last seen on the morning of Sept. 21 walking with young family members near a campsite at Island Lake Campground, about four kilometres south of Crowsnest Pass. He was reported missing at about 11:30 a.m. after family looked for him for about an hour.

At a media briefing Sunday, RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney said search officials met with the boy’s family earlier in the day to discuss “survivability concerns.”

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“At the point we are at with regards to the search, the survivability is less than five per cent,” Slaney sai

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