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Canadian police scale back search for two children missing in woods for six days

Rescue workers in orange gear and hats walk in a line next to trucks, as they hold wooden staffs
Searchers return to base camp after looking for Lily and Jack Sullivan in Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia, on 7 May. Photograph: Ron Ward/AP

Nearly a week after two young children went missing in rural Nova Scotia, Canadian police say they are beginning to scale back search efforts given the “low” odds the children are still alive – and that they are not ruling out the possibility of foul play.

Since Friday, more than 160 searchers with drones and canine units have scoured the thickly forested region of Pictou county in search of Lily Sullivan, six, and Jack Sullivan, four.

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