Amber Alert issued for missing 4-year-old boy in West Kelowna

An Amber Alert was activated across British Columbia early Wednesday, July 22, 2026, as police search for a four-year-old boy believed to have been abducted by his mother from West Kelowna. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued the province-wide alert shortly after midnight, describing the case as a parental abduction involving Ryan Atlas Andrews, who also goes by the name Atlas.

The child was reported missing from West Kelowna on Tuesday, July 21. Police are searching for Atlas and his mother, 40-year-old Alisse Andrews, who is considered a suspect in the investigation. Authorities believe the pair may be traveling in a black 2021 Nissan Qashqai with British Columbia license plate RV003L.

Atlas Andrews is described as Caucasian, with brown hair and hazel eyes, approximately three feet tall and weighing about 51 pounds. Alisse Andrews is described as Caucasian with brown hair and brown eyes, standing five feet four inches tall and weighing approximately 121 pounds. The RCMP is urging anyone who sees the child, the woman, or the vehicle to call 911 immediately and not to approach them.

This incident follows a previous missing persons report involving the same child. According...