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A one-year-old child was found in a locked vehicle in the parking lot of the Stoney Nakoda Resort casino west of Calgary. (James Young/CBC) Charges are pending after police west of Calgary rescued a toddler who was left in a locked van outside a casino on a hot day.
Security called Cochrane RCMP to the casino at the Stoney Nakoda Resort at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday after noticing a young girl — just over a year old — in distress in a van in the parking lot.
Officers broke a window and removed the child, who was covered in sweat and dehydrated, RCMP Const. Rodney MacIntyre said on Tuesday. The outside temperature at that time was 27 C.
The toddler was checked by emergency crews and released.
The girl's mother was working in the casino, while the father had been inside for about 45 minutes to an hour, said MacIntyre. The father, who will likely be charged, was not drinking or gambling inside the casino, he added.
"Essentially, he was killing time, waiting for mom to get off work," MacIntyre said.
Police are not releasing any names to protect the identity of the child.
With files from the CBC's Andree LauShare Tools
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