NewsAlert: Canadian soldier killed in Bulgaria, says chief of defence staff

By The Canadian Press

Posted Jun 18, 2019 10:34:35 AM.

OTTAWA — Gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada’s chief of the defence staff, says a Canadian soldier has been killed in a parachuting accident in Bulgaria.

Vance, who delivered the news before a federal cabinet meeting in Ottawa, says next of kin have been notified, but did not immediately release a name.

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