Calgary man charged after son left in car in frigid weather

CALGARY- A Calgary man has been charged with child abandonment after his seven-year-old son says he was left in an unheated vehicle outside a casino for hours in frigid weather.

Police say they were called to the Pure Casino on Sunday night by casino staff.

The temperature at the time was -24 C.

Casino employees took the boy to the office and provided him with mittens and attempts to page his father were unsuccessful.