While research continues in a wooded sector in Nova Scotia on Monday to find two children who have been missing since Friday, a local elected official says that the last four days have been “incredibly difficult” for his community.
Lily Sullivan6 years old, and Jack Sullivanaged 4, would have been seen for the last time Friday morning at their home, path Gairlochhas Lansdowne Station about 20 kilometers southwest of new Glasgow in the county of Pictou.
The Royal Canada Gendarmerie (RCMP) says they actively look for children. She believes that they would have lost themselves when they move away from their home. She asks the public to stay away while experienced rescuers continue their work.

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Police and rescuers continue research in the county of Pictou, Nova Scotia, on May 5, 2025, in order to find two children who have been missing.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Agathe Boucart
All members of the community are concerned and worried, but we all hope that everything will go for the best
confides Donald Parkera city councilor from the county of Pictou who went to research sites every day. It is difficult for the whole community. It’s incredibly difficult.
Selon La corporal Carlie McCannof the GRCresearch has continued without interruption since Friday using tracker dogs and drones, in particular. Research continues day and night
she says. [Les secouristes] continue to receive information and analyze it to establish what are the next steps
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The teams of rescuers take turns.
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About 160 people participated in research on Sunday despite rainy forecasts that made the conditions of research difficult. There GRC said the rescuers had spotted on Saturday which could be an imprint and that they had widened their research in this area.
There is no cellular network, which adds to all the difficulties and the safety problems of the rescuers. Everyone has one goal: to find these two children as quickly as possible
said the chief sergeant at the end of the week Josh Wieseof the GRCwho directed research in the field.
Nova Scotia Guard mobilized
Prime Minister Tim Houston stressed that this research marked the first intervention of the Nova Scotia Guard, a new body of volunteers which is mobilizing in the event of an emergency or a natural disaster. The inhabitants of the County of Pictou and all of Nova Scotia pray for a positive resolution for the two missing children
he reacted on Saturday on the social network X.
The Salvation Army also provides meals to members of the various organizations involved in research since Saturday. We go there at full speed
said the major Daniel Roode in a kitchen located in Westvillein the county of Pictou.

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Daniel Martell, stepfather of two children who have disappeared in the county of Pictou in Nova Scotia.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Josh Hoffman
For its part, the stepfather of the two missing children would have liked the authorities to intervene faster and that they monitor the New Brunswick border as well as the airports in the region in case the children have been kidnapped. He requests public support.
If you have information, show up.
Daniel Martellwhich maintains a relationship with the mother of Lily et Jack Sullivan For the past three years, says he saw the children for the last time in the house with their mother on Friday morning. Children could be released by a sliding door which is practically silent, according to their stepfather.
When we realized that the children were no longer there, I immediately jumped into the vehicle and traveled all the surroundings, several dirt roads, as many ditches as I could, and I waited for the arrival of the police officers
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Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, would have been seen for the last time on Friday morning at their home on the Chemin Gairloch, in Lansdowne Station, in the county of Pictou, in Nova Scotia.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Josh Hoffman
The regional education center of Chignecto Central confirmed on Monday that children attended primary school in Salt Springsin Nova Scotia.
During this difficult period, the school has additional on -site support staff, ready to help staff and students answer their questions and provide them with adaptation strategies
wrote a spokesperson for the school administration, Jennifer Rodgersin an email at CBC.
The GRC Ask anyone who would have information about children to communicate with his detachment from the County of Pictou at 902-485-4333.
With information from Josh Hoffmanof Nicola Seguind’Aly Thomson and Richard Woodburyof CBC