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Politicos mourn Canada’s ambassador to Germany and ex-B.C. premier John Horgan

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John Horgan, former premier of British Columbia and Canada’s ambassador to Germany, died of cancer in a Victoria, B.C., hospital on Nov. 12. He was 65 years old.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

November 13, 2024

Canada’s ambassador to Germany and former premier of British Columbia John Horgan died in a Victoria, B.C., hospital on Nov. 12. He was 65 years old. He had been diagnosed with cancer for the third time this past June.

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