Alberta-wide Amber Alert cancelled after child found: Edmonton police

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By Cole Fortner

Posted Aug 16, 2025 5:13 pm.

Last Updated Aug 16, 2025 5:39 pm.

Edmonton police have cancelled a provincewide Amber Alert for a missing two-year-old, saying the child has been found.

The alert which was issued just before 5 p.m. for all of Alberta, said that at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, an adult took a two-year-old child in Edmonton.

Police said the child was taken from around the 106 Street and 31 Avenue area in Edmonton.

The Amber Alert was cancelled around 5:30 p.m. Police say the child has been found.

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