Missing 75-year-old Calgary man located safely
A police vehicle at Calgary Police Service headquarters is shown in this photo from Thursday, April 9, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
A missing senior has been located safely, police said in a Sunday update.
Seventy-five-year-old Cecil Warren Stewart was reported missing Saturday after last being seen around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon in the northwest Calgary community of Greenwood.
Sunday morning, police reported that Stewart was found.
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Lethbridge
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Vancouver
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