🇨🇦🕯️ CANADIAN SOLDIER DIES ON NATO DEPLOYMENT IN LATVIA 🕯️🇨🇦
Canada is mourning.
The Department of National Defence confirms that Gunner Sebastian Halmagean, a Canadian Armed Forces member from Hamilton, Ontario, has died while deployed in Latvia as part of Canada’s NATO mission.
📍 He died near Riga, Latvia, on Thursday.
⚠️ Authorities say: An investigation is ongoing, led by the Latvian Military Police, with support from Canadian Forces Military Police.
🌍 Gunner Halmagean was serving far from home — on the front line of NATO’s eastern flank — at a time of rising global tensions.
This is a sobering reminder that: 🪖 Military deployments are real
⚔️ Risks don’t end outside combat headlines
🇨🇦 Service comes with sacrifice
Tonight, a Canadian family grieves.
A country pauses.
And a soldier is remembered.
🕊️ Rest in peace, Gunner Sebastian Halmagean.