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Ottawa police have been asking for the public’s help in locating a 52-year-old Ottawa man who went missing over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

Steve Holland was last seen wearing a green sweater, red ball cap and beige shorts in the Dunham Street area in the east end of the city, near Gloucester. His family is “greatly concerned for his safety,” said police.

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Holland is described as a white man, 5-5, 170 pounds, with a stocky and muscular build, and short blonde hair.

If you know where Holland is, please immediately contact Ottawa Police Dispatch at 613-230-6211. If you have information that could assist investigators, but do not know where he is currently, please contact the Ottawa Police Service 613-236-1222, ext. 2355.

On Thursday, Brigadier-General Kevin Cotten, the Commandant of the Canadian Forces College, issued the following statement:

“Major Steve Holland, a student attending the Joint Command and Staff Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, has still not been found after an extensive search by Ottawa Police Service which began on 8 October.

Steve was last seen on October 7, 2017, in Ottawa. He is described as a male Caucasian, 5’5’’, stocky, muscular, build and short blond hair, weighing 170 pounds/77 Kg.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Maj Steve Holland is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service at 613-236-1222, Ext. 2355.

Our thoughts and prayers remain with his family and we will continue to support them through this most difficult time.”