Edgewood, B.C. isn't usually the sort of place that would be on the radar of high-ranking White House officials. 

On the west shore of Lower Arrow Lake and surrounded by the Monashee Mountains, it's a roughly 200-kilometre drive from Kelowna, B.C. on a windy road. An unincorporated community, the latest census put it at a population of 235 people working in farming, forestry and tourism.

But since December 2024, it's been making international headlines over the fate of a group of ostriches living…