The 21-year-old graduate of Algonquin College, who had worked in Absinthe's kitchen for more than two years, was found stabbed to death in the east end early Wednesday.

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Devastated co-workers of Joshua Qiyuk, a 21-year-old Inuk man who was found stabbed to death Wednesday at Meadow Park Place in Ottawa’s east end, say the killing of the young cook is incomprehensible. Article content

“He was a great kid. He was like a son to me,” said Patrick Garland, the veteran Ottawa chef who owns Absinthe, a French bistro-style restaurant in Hintonburg. Article content Article content

“I just can’t understand it. I can’t get my head around it. It’s just so horrible.”

Qiyuk, a graduate of Algonquin College’s culinary program, had worked in Absinthe’s kitchen for more than two yea

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