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Search continues almost one year after Lilly and Jack Sullivan go missing

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Searchers were back in the woods in Lansdowne Station, N.S., Sunday almost a year after Lilly and Jack Sullivan were reported missing.

Searchers were back in the woods in Lansdowne Station, N.S., Sunday as the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan continues almost one year after the siblings were first reported missing.

Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan, right, missing from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia, were last seen Friday, May 2, 2025, in the community of Lansdowne Station. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout-Nova Scotia Gr... Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan, right, missing from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia, were last seen Friday, May 2, 2025, in the community of Lansdowne Station. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout-Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association (Mandatory Credit)

About 50 people scoured the woods looking for any sign of six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack. A cadaver dog was also part of the search.

A cadaver dog and its handler are pictured  near the woods in Lansdowne Station, N.S., during the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan on April 26, 2026. (Jonathan MacInnis, CTV Atlantic)
Cadaver dog A cadaver dog and its handler are pictured near the woods in Lansdowne Station, N.S., during the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan on April 26, 2026. (Jonathan MacInnis, CTV Atlantic)

The Sullivan children were reported missing from their Gairloch Road home on the morning of May 2, 2025. Police and search and rescue teams conducted multiple air, ground and water searches but the children were never found.

This weekend the Ontario-based group "Please Bring Me Home” conducted the search. The group first joined the effort to find the children in November 2025.

The Province of Nova Scotia is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information about the disappearance of Lilly and Jack Sullivan.

Three members of the team searching for Lilly and Jack Sullivan are pictured with vehicles near Lansdowne Station, N.S., on April 26, 2026. (Jonathan MacInnis, CTV Atlantic)
searcher Three members of the team searching for Lilly and Jack Sullivan are pictured with vehicles near Lansdowne Station, N.S., on April 26, 2026. (Jonathan MacInnis, CTV Atlantic)

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