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Missing Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia found dead

A Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia, who was missing since earlier this week, was found dead Friday.

A news release from the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces says Warrant Officer George Hohl was deployed on Operation Reassurance as part of the Aviation Battalion under the NATO Multinational Brigade-Latvia.

Hohl was a vehicle technician based in Edmonton and had served in the Canadian Armed Forces for almost 20 years.

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A Canadian soldier wears the NATO Battle Group patch as he listens to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak at the Adazi Military base, Monday, July 10, 2023 in Adazi, Latvia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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B.C. ostrich farm wins interim stay, prevents cull of 400 birds over flu

A sign calling for the protection of ostriches at the Universal Ostrich Farms is displayed at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., on May 17, 2025.

A B.C. ostrich farm fighting to stop a cull of its 400-strong flock over an avian flu outbreak has been granted an interim stay by the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa, delaying the execution of the birds.

Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has been attempting to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from destroying the birds since the cull was ordered amid an avian flu outbreak in December that would go on to kill 69 ostriches.

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In B.C., candidates making early bids at mayoral jobs

Municipal voters have struggled to figure out where the local parties sit on the political spectrum because they haven’t aligned with the traditional Conservative, Liberal and NDP brands.

For decades, candidates for civic elections in British Columbia have held off campaigning until a couple of months before the traditional fall vote.

But this year, with more than 400 days before the scheduled Oct. 27, 2026, municipal elections, Surrey Councillor Linda Annis splashed out Wednesday with a news conference in a major hotel ballroom to announce she would be challenging Mayor Brenda Locke for her job.

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Judge proposes heated shelters at Alberta bars after two men died of hypothermia

The report recommends bars and clubs have heated cold-weather shelters or dry-out rooms available to intoxicated patrons.

An Alberta judge at a fatality inquiry for two men who died of hypothermia says bars need measures like heated outdoor shelters to keep patrons from dying in the cold after they leave.

Provincial court Justice Carol Godfrey, in a report issued Friday, says the deaths of 18-year-old Tyler Emes and 20-year-old Mohamed Munyeabdi near The Ranch Roadhouse in south Edmonton are tragic.

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