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Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Yahoo
Body of 6-year-old boy found in pond in Cold Lake, Alta., after community-wide search
Hundreds of people in Cold Lake, Alta., spent hours searching for a missing six-year-old boy on Sunday night before his body was found in a pond. RCMP confirmed around midnight Ibukun Adeniyi was found and called the community search off. The death is not considered suspicious, RCMP said. Those involved in the search described quads, bicycles, horses, and people on foot combing the area in search of the boy. A spokesperson from Search and Rescue Alberta said five teams were deployed and were joined by hundreds of community volunteers. It estimates there were likely 350-400 people searching for the boy. Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland was among them. He said balloons were seen near the neighbourhood pond and search efforts concentrated around the water. The city brought in a vacuum truck to partially drain the pond. The family was new to Cold Lake from Nigeria and came to set up a family doctor practice in the city. Copeland said he was the one of the people who picked the family up from the Edmonton airport. "When I heard who the boy was missing, I kind of went, 'Oh my God, it's that young fellow,'" Copeland said. "People have to realize that when foreign doctors come to rural Alberta, they're giving up everything back home and the idea is that they're doing it mostly for their kids — for their future life." The boy was a student of Lakeland Catholic Schools. In a news release, Superintendent Sheldon Germain described it as a profound loss for the community. Supports are being offered though the school for all those affected. Mark McMillan, the pastor at Cold Lake Community Church, was also involved in the search. The boy attended his church and went to the same school as his children. "It's heartbreaking to know that this young, energetic boy's life was cut short way too early." WATCH | CBC's Travis McEwan was in Cold Lake on Monday: Alongside that grief, McMillan said it was reassuring to see the community come together for someone in need. "You don't always sense that in the modern world," he said. "Especially in Cold Lake — it's a very transient community with military and oil and gas. And so it was great to see the community come together to rise up and meet the challenge of the day." McMillan said there will be a memorial at the school and there is a fundraising campaign to help support the family at this time.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Yahoo
Body of 6-year-old boy found in pond in Cold Lake, Alta., after community-wide search
Hundreds of people in Cold Lake, Alta., spent hours searching for a missing six-year-old boy on Sunday night before his body was found in a pond. RCMP confirmed around midnight Ibukun Adeniyi was found and called the community search off. The death is not considered suspicious, RCMP said. Those involved in the search described quads, bicycles, horses, and people on foot combing the area in search of the boy. A spokesperson from Search and Rescue Alberta said five teams were deployed and were joined by hundreds of community volunteers. It estimates there were likely 350-400 people searching for the boy. Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland was among them. He said balloons were seen near the neighbourhood pond and search efforts concentrated around the water. The city brought in a vacuum truck to partially drain the pond. The family was new to Cold Lake from Nigeria and came to set up a family doctor practice in the city. Copeland said he was the one of the people who picked the family up from the Edmonton airport. "When I heard who the boy was missing, I kind of went, 'Oh my God, it's that young fellow,'" Copeland said. "People have to realize that when foreign doctors come to rural Alberta, they're giving up everything back home and the idea is that they're doing it mostly for their kids — for their future life." The boy was a student of Lakeland Catholic Schools. In a news release, Superintendent Sheldon Germain described it as a profound loss for the community. Supports are being offered though the school for all those affected. Mark McMillan, the pastor at Cold Lake Community Church, was also involved in the search. The boy attended his church and went to the same school as his children. "It's heartbreaking to know that this young, energetic boy's life was cut short way too early." WATCH | CBC's Travis McEwan was in Cold Lake on Monday: Alongside that grief, McMillan said it was reassuring to see the community come together for someone in need. "You don't always sense that in the modern world," he said. "Especially in Cold Lake — it's a very transient community with military and oil and gas. And so it was great to see the community come together to rise up and meet the challenge of the day." McMillan said there will be a memorial at the school and there is a fundraising campaign to help support the family at this time.
CBC
24-06-2025
- CBC
Body of 6-year-old boy found in pond in Cold Lake, Alta., after community-wide search
Social Sharing Hundreds of people in Cold Lake, Alta., spent hours searching for a missing six-year-old boy on Sunday night before his body was found in a pond. RCMP confirmed around midnight Ibukun Adeniyi was found and called the community search off. The death is not considered suspicious, RCMP said. Those involved in the search described quads, bicycles, horses, and people on foot combing the area in search of the boy. A spokesperson from Search and Rescue Alberta said five teams were deployed and were joined by hundreds of community volunteers. It estimates there were likely 350-400 people searching for the boy. Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland was among them. He said balloons were seen near the neighbourhood pond and search efforts concentrated around the water. The city brought in a vacuum truck to partially drain the pond. The family was new to Cold Lake from Nigeria and came to set up a family doctor practice in the city. Copeland said he was the one of the people who picked the family up from the Edmonton airport. "When I heard who the boy was missing, I kind of went, 'Oh my God, it's that young fellow,'" Copeland said. "People have to realize that when foreign doctors come to rural Alberta, they're giving up everything back home and the idea is that they're doing it mostly for their kids — for their future life." The boy was a student of Lakeland Catholic Schools. In a news release, Superintendent Sheldon Germain described it as a profound loss for the community. Supports are being offered though the school for all those affected. Mark McMillan, the pastor at Cold Lake Community Church, was also involved in the search. The boy attended his church and went to the same school as his children. "It's heartbreaking to know that this young, energetic boy's life was cut short way too early." WATCH | CBC's Travis McEwan was in Cold Lake on Monday: Cold Lake grieving death of young boy 3 hours ago Duration 1:43 The mayor of Cold Lake, Alta., says hundreds of people searched for a 6-year-old boy, who was eventually found dead in a pond. The family is from Nigeria and had started a medical practice in the city. Travis McEwan has the details from Cold Lake. Alongside that grief, McMillan said it was reassuring to see the community come together for someone in need. "You don't always sense that in the modern world," he said. "Especially in Cold Lake — it's a very transient community with military and oil and gas. And so it was great to see the community come together to rise up and meet the challenge of the day." McMillan said there will be a memorial at the school and there is a fundraising campaign to help support the family at this time.
CTV News
23-06-2025
- CTV News
Missing 6-year-old in northern Alberta found dead
A 6-year-old who disappeared from his home in Cold Lake Sunday has been found dead, according to Alberta RCMP. Police put out a notice about the missing boy just before 8 p.m. Sunday stating he was last seen at his home on Rocky Way around 5 p.m. After midnight, RCMP released an update stating the boy was found dead. It says the death is not considered suspicious and it won't be releasing the cause out of respect for the family. RCMP offered its condolences to the boy's loved ones in a news release.
Globe and Mail
10-06-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Acquiring U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets will cost Canada nearly 50% more than disclosed, Auditor-General finds
The cost of replacing Canada's aging warplanes with U.S.-made F-35 stealth strike fighters is expected to cost nearly 50 per cent more than the estimate Ottawa provided Canadians, a report from the federal Auditor-General says. These findings arrive as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is weighing whether to scale back Ottawa's order for the F-35s and instead buy European-made fighter planes to reduce Canada's reliance on U.S. military equipment. The federal government, which finalized a deal to buy 88 F-35 Lightning fighters from Lockheed Martin in December, 2022, said the acquisition would cost about $19-billion. But Auditor-General Karen Hogan's office said Tuesday it found this figure was based on outdated information and that by 2024, estimated costs had increased to $27.7-billion. The warplane replacement program also faces significant risks that could jeopardize the introduction of a new fleet of fighters, the Auditor-General found. Construction of two new fighter squadron facilities in Cold Lake, Alta., and Bagotville, Que., to accommodate the F-35s is more than three years behind schedule and the Forces are facing a possible shortage of qualified pilots, the watchdog said Tuesday. Trimming F-35 order could antagonize Trump as security and trade talks get under way: analysts Inflation, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and heightened demand for munitions are three factors have driven up the cost of acquiring the F-35s, the Auditor-General found. The Department of National Defence 'was supposed to closely monitor inflation and foreign currency exchange rates because of the potential impact but did not always do so,' it said. The Office of the Auditor-General said even the updated $27-billion-plus price tag for the F-35s does not include essential Forces infrastructure upgrades and advanced weapons that would add at least another $5.5-billion to the total cost of acquiring the fighters. Opinion: The solution to Canada's F-35 fighter jet dilemma? Buy both American and European aircraft Canada's current fighter aircraft fleet of CF-18s is reaching the end of its service life and must be replaced in a timely manner to meet operational commitments such as the defence of Canada and North America, the Auditor-General's office noted. CF-18s are the primary Canadian aircraft assigned to the bilateral North American Aerospace Defense Command and are supposed to be on continuous alert to respond to potential aerial threats to the safety of North America, it said. The CF-188 Hornet first entered service in the 1980s. The operating life of the Hornets has been extended through a refurbishment initiative known as the Hornet Extension Program, or HEP. CF-18s are supposed to be gradually withdrawn from service between 2025 and 2032 and replaced with F-35s. David McGuinty, the Minister of National Defence, said in a statement he takes the auditor general's findings seriously. He committed to updating Canadians regularly on acquisition projects and blamed the huge cost increases on 'external economic conditions driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, including global supply chain disruptions, workforce shortages, and increased inflation and foreign exchange rates.' The minister did not comment on the ongoing review in his department of whether to reduce the F-35 order. Shortly after Mr. Carney took office in March, he said Ottawa would weigh trimming its F-35 purchase plans to buy an alternative aircraft that would be more cost-effective and could deliver additional industrial benefits domestically instead of sending more dollars to the U.S.
