Mennos in the News: Two bodies of Canadian Mennonite brothers found

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Divers have recovered the bodies of two males believed to be brothers whose canoe capsized in a southern Alberta lake two days ago.

John Giesbrecht, 28, and Peter Giesbrecht, 15, were fishing on Lake Newell, near Brooks, with a 15-year-old friend when their canoe capsized June 2, dumping all three into the frigid water.

The Giesbrechts are from a Mennonite community between Brooks and Rolling Hills, and the teenager goes to a private school with only 15 students.

A resident on a personal watercraft rescued the brothers' teenage friend just minutes after the canoe tipped ...

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