{
  "id": 16039168,
  "title": "Lessons from tragedy: Canada needs a safer emergency response system for when people go missing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/lessons-from-tragedy-canada-needs-a-safer-emergency-response-system",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T12:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/lessons-from-tragedy-canada-needs-a-safer-emergency-response-system-for-when-people-go-missing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When 11-year-old Parker Wells went missing earlier this summer, should emergency response have included an immediate public alert? An Amber Alert for the non-verbal autistic boy came more than 48 hours after the fact, following traditional protocols. When he was found dead two weeks later, the public outcry for change was immediate and fierce. Across […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}