A councillor in the rural Nova Scotia enclave where two children have gone missing said the last four days have been "incredibly tough" on the community, as searchers continued to scour Pictou County on Monday.

Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were last seen Friday morning at their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, about 20 kilometres southwest of New Glasgow.

Police and search and rescue agencies have been combing the area for the children ever since, who they believe wandered o…