Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan, right, seen in this handout photo, went missing on May 2, 2025, in the community of Lansdowne Station, N.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout 鈥 Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association (Mandatory Credit)
Belynda Gray, centre, the paternal grandmother of Lilly and Jack Sullivan, attends a vigil in front of the local RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Saturday, May 2, 2026. Lilly and Jack Sullivan were siblings who vanished from their Pictou County home and property one year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
Supporters gathered at a vigil for Lilly and Jack Sullivan in front of the local RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Saturday, May 2, 2026. Lilly and Jack Sullivan were siblings who vanished from their Pictou County home and property one year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
Supporters gathered at a vigil for Lilly and Jack Sullivan in front of the local RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Saturday, May 2, 2026. Lilly and Jack Sullivan were siblings who vanished from their Pictou County home and property one year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan, right, seen in this handout photo, went missing on May 2, 2025, in the community of Lansdowne Station, N.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout 鈥 Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association (Mandatory Credit)
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Belynda Gray, centre, the paternal grandmother of Lilly and Jack Sullivan, attends a vigil in front of the local RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Saturday, May 2, 2026. Lilly and Jack Sullivan were siblings who vanished from their Pictou County home and property one year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
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Supporters gathered at a vigil for Lilly and Jack Sullivan in front of the local RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Saturday, May 2, 2026. Lilly and Jack Sullivan were siblings who vanished from their Pictou County home and property one year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
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Supporters gathered at a vigil for Lilly and Jack Sullivan in front of the local RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Saturday, May 2, 2026. Lilly and Jack Sullivan were siblings who vanished from their Pictou County home and property one year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
STELLARTON - 聽Under a cloudless sky in central Nova Scotia, about 50 people gathered outside an RCMP detachment Saturday to demand answers about the disappearance of two young children exactly one year ago.
On the morning of May 2, 2025, RCMP were told six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack had wandered from their home in rural Lansdowne Station, about 140 kilometres north of Halifax.
Since then, very few clues have emerged about their whereabouts, though a senior RCMP officer said this week there was only a slim chance that the children are still alive.聽
As well, Staff Sgt. Rob McCamon said there was no evidence to suggest the siblings had been abducted or that any kind of criminal behaviour was involved. Still, he said all scenarios are being investigated.
At the 鈥淩ally for Justice鈥 outside the detachment in Stellarton, N.S., Jack and Lilly鈥檚 paternal grandmother said the event Saturday marked one year of getting no 聽answers from the RCMP.
鈥淥ne year and 聽there's still so many questions,鈥 she said in an interview before the rally.聽
鈥淚 want (people) to start demanding more answers, demanding more openness from our law enforcement. Nobody's asking to jeopardize the investigation.鈥
Gray said the stress caused by the lack of outward progress in the case has been somewhat offset by the outpouring of support from across the country and around the world.
鈥淚 am so grateful and thankful that the world has fallen in love with Lilly and Jack and I don't have words to express that gratitude,鈥 Gray said.聽
Some of those attending the rally carried placards with photos of both children flanked by plain-spoken slogans, including 聽鈥淓nough Waiting,鈥 鈥365 Days of Silence鈥 and 鈥淛ustice for Jack and Lilly.鈥澛
At one point, almost everyone taking part in the rally lined the main street in Stellarton and chanted: 鈥淲e want answers! We want justice!鈥
Rally organizer Kent Corbett said the RCMP must be more forthcoming with what they know.
鈥淲e'd rather have a little bit more communication,鈥 he told reporters. 鈥淲e don't need the details of the case, but it just seems that we don't have a direction, so we're out there conjuring our own thoughts and voicing our own thoughts.鈥
Corbett said investigators should tell the public what scenarios have already been ruled out. 聽鈥淲e want answers. We need answers, and that's what we're here for today.鈥澛
RCMP Staff Sgt. Curtis MacKinnon told the crowd that the police force is doing everything it can to find the children, adding that Mounties from across Canada are working on the case. 聽
鈥淪eeing so many people here gathered at the Stellarton detachment is a powerful reminder of how much Lilly and Jack matter,鈥 the uniformed officer said.聽
鈥淭hey haven't been forgotten, and the concern and compassion shown by Pictou County and beyond continues to be felt.鈥
MacKinnon said investigators are keen to receive 鈥渇act-based鈥 tips from the public, a message McCamon delivered during a news conference Friday at the RCMP鈥檚 provincial headquarters in Dartmouth, N.S.
So far, the RCMP have received more than 1,100 tips from the public, but McCamon made a point of explaining that many of those tips have been based on speculation from social media.
McCamon, the officer in charge of the major crime unit in Nova Scotia, said the information needed 鈥渋sn't speculation or thoughts or theories."
As well, McCamon confirmed there are parts of the investigation that he can鈥檛 talk about in public because doing so could compromise 鈥渙perational security.鈥
This report by 好色tvwas first published May 2, 2026.聽