N.S. missing kids: Ground search to resume as 4-week disappearance mark hits [Video]

Searchers will be back in the woods around a rural Pictou County home this weekend in the search for two missing siblings who were last seen four weeks ago.

Lilly and Jack Sullivan — aged six and four — were reported missing from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on May 2.

In a Friday news release, RCMP said ground search efforts are planned for Saturday and will focus on areas around Gairloch Road, as well as the nearby pipeline trail, where a boot print was previously located.

“We continue to ask that the public avoid the search area to allow trained searchers to do their work,” RCMP said.

“Any future searches will be determined based on the course of the investigation.”

The extensive search for the children has involved more than 160 searchers over multiple days — involving large-scale ground and air operations, as well as …