EdmontonA group of Manitoba-based searchers have arrived in Alberta to scour the North Saskatchewan River for an Edmonton teen who has been missing all summer.Samuel Bird’s disappearance has been deemed suspiciousAaron Sousa · CBC News · Posted: Aug 27, 2025 9:43 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours agoSamuel Bird, 14, was seen on the evening of June 1 in the Canora neighbourhood in west Edmonton. (Edmonton Police Service)A group of Manitoba-based searchers have arrived in Alberta to scour the North Saskatchewan River for an Edmonton teen who has been missing all summer.Samuel Bird, 14, has not been seen since he left home to visit a friend in the city’s west end on June 1.The boy is from Paul First Nation, about 70 kilometres west of Edmonton.George Robinson, who lives in Winnipeg, said he and at least two others have arrived in Edmonton to search for the boy.Robinson is one of several members of the public who have taken it upon themselves to join the search, which has seen groups canvas neighbourhoods, parks and Edmonton’s river valley. ‘We are going to find you’Alanna Bird, the boy’s mother, said she feels grateful that Robinson and others are coming to look for her son and is hopeful she’ll be able to “lay him to rest.””Samuel, we are going to find you. I feel good about this,” she writes on social media.In a news release issued Friday, Edmonton police said investigators have determined that Bird’s disappearance is suspicious and urged anyone with information to come forward. Police had been asked by the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations and Samuel’s family to designate the case a search and recovery operation.The boy’s disappearance has prompted concern from Indigenous advocates and his relatives, who have urged police to remain steadfast in their efforts to investigate the case.The investigation remains open and investigators remain committed to finding answers, police said Friday. Samuel, who is five-foot-eight, with a slim build, brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen in the Canora neighbourhood on foot.Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the police or Crime Stoppers. Radio ActiveHelping in the search for Samuel BirdJodi Calahoo Stonehouse is the MLA for Edmonton-Rutherford. She helped with the search for Samuel Bird in the river valley last weekend. With files from CBC
Searchers from Manitoba arrive in Edmonton to join search for missing Indigenous teen
