Former Canadian Olympic Snowboarder ‘Turned Drug Lord’ Wanted for Ontario Double Murder

Former Canadian Olympic Snowboarder ‘Turned Drug Lord’ Wanted for Ontario Double Murder
A photo of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, 43, who is a fugitive, is seen top left, with 15 other defendants who have been charged with allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video monitor at a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2024. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File
Jennifer Cowan
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A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of heading a transnational drug trafficking operation is wanted in connection with a double homicide in Ontario last year, law enforcement officials say.
Ryan James Wedding, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and fellow Canadian Andrew Clark, are accused of orchestrating the murders of two family members in Caledon, Ont., last November “in retaliation” for a stolen drug shipment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced at an Oct. 17 press conference.