Terrace RCMP issued a province-wide Amber Alert early Monday morning as police search for missing three-year-old twins Raina and Mathias Wood. The public safety emergency was triggered after the toddlers disappeared from a home in northern British Columbia late Sunday night. Authorities are currently focusing their search on a suspect believed to be traveling in a red minivan. This search is now a major focus of world news watchers across Canada as the alert spans the entire province.
The children were last seen on May 10, 2026, at approximately 8:51 p.m. PT. They were at a residence on 2501 Kalum Street in Terrace before they went missing. According to a breaking news report by CBC, both children have blonde hair and blue eyes. Raina was last seen wearing pink pants. Mathias was wearing beige pants. Police believe they are in imminent danger.
The primary suspect is Tova Josephine Wood. She is 37 years old. Official logs from EmergencyInfoBC show the alert went live at 12:58 a.m. PT on May 11. Wood is described as being 5-foot-6 and weighing 141 pounds. She has light brown hair that reaches past her shoulders. Investigators believe she is the mother of the two children.
The group is believed to be traveling in a red 2015 Dodge Caravan. The vehicle has a British Columbia license plate with the number ME538F. The toddlers were last seen near Kalum Street, as detailed by CityNews on Monday morning. RCMP officers warned the public not to approach the suspect or the vehicle if they are spotted. Instead, witnesses should call 9-1-1 immediately to provide the location and direction of travel.
Residents across the province received the emergency notification on their mobile devices just before 1:00 a.m. local time. The alert woke many people in cities as far away as Victoria and Vancouver, despite the disappearance occurring in Terrace. Police have not yet provided information on a possible destination for the suspect. The investigation remains active and ongoing as of Monday afternoon.
The Geographic Reach of Emergency Alerts in Western Canada
This specific Amber Alert highlights a recurring debate regarding the geographic scope of Canada’s National Public Alerting System. While Terrace is located in the northern interior of British Columbia, the alert was broadcast to every compatible mobile device in the province, including those over 1,300 kilometers away in the capital. This province-wide saturation is a standard protocol when a suspect has access to a vehicle and several hours of lead time, as a red Dodge Caravan could theoretically reach major transit hubs or border crossings by dawn. For residents in southern B.C., the late-night alarm serves as a stark reminder of the technical trade-offs between localized noise and the provincial necessity of casting a wide net for child recovery. This case follows a pattern of high-intensity alerts used in B.C. to mobilize civilian sightings along the Highway 16 corridor, often referred to as a critical area for missing persons investigations.