Edmonton police are pleased the Amber Alert system worked as intended after an 8-year-old boy who was abducted on Friday was found safely Saturday morning. An alert went out just before 10 p.m. on Friday night after the child was taken by his mother from an elementary school in southeast Edmonton earlier that day. The boy was found unharmed near Okotoks — just south of Calgary — at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday. "We were able to safely recover this 8-year-old because of this system. Edmonton police learned the mother and child switched vehicles as they headed towards Calgary, and the Amber Alert was updated to reflect the new information.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2019 02:37 UTC