WINNIPEG -- Friends and family hoping to find 17-year-old Cooper Nemeth, are expanding their search efforts outside of the city on Thursday.

This comes after the website, FindCip.com, posted an update saying they are searching in the Selkirk and Lockport area, looking in camp sites, forests, parks, abandoned buildings and warehouses.

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They will also be scouring the streets of Transcona, St. Boniface and downtown Winnipeg.

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People will be meeting at the gateway Community Club at 10 a.m. on Thurday.

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On Wednesday night, search volunteers focused their efforts in the area near  Siloam Mission, Arlington Street and Higgins Avenue.