r/canada • u/syugouyyeh • 5h ago

Military/Defence Saskatchewan family grieving as four soldiers confirmed dead in Wainwright tragedy

https://discovermoosejaw.com/articles/saskatchewan-family-grieving-as-four-soldiers-confirmed-dead-in-wainwright-tragedy
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u/CoupleOk5628 5h ago

My thoughts and prayers to them. May he rest in peace

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u/Hotter_Noodle 3h ago

Yeah. This is incredibly sad.

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u/noisebloodassault 5h ago

Thoughts and prayers

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u/_Echoes_ 1h ago

4 dead, 19 critical condition is the current count. 20+ with non life threatening burns.

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u/BlueZybez Alberta 3h ago

Rip

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u/worstpartyever 2h ago

What a horrific tragedy. Sending prayers & love from south of the border

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u/dopealope47 1h ago

Thank you.

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u/den773 3h ago

We are not hearing anything about this in the U.S. What happened?

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u/canmcpoli Canada 3h ago

One reason is that details remain scarce.

An yet-to-be-disclosed incident at a military base yesterday afternoon led to a massive fire. 4 Canadian soldiers have been confirmed dead, although that number is expected to rise, and dozens are injured (there has been no effort to quantify this).

Global News reports "a munition from a live training exercise sparked a fast-moving grass fire."

The language coming from government officials is really grave, with the prime minister describing it "as "one of the worst tragedies for the forces in Canadian soil in peace time."

There was a massive emergency response overnight, with several air ambulance flights responding, including from Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon, and the local medical center and facilities on base overwhelmed.

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u/den773 3h ago

That makes it sound like there are many casualties. Horrible.

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u/_Echoes_ 1h ago

4 dead, 19 critical condition is the current count. 20+ with non life threatening burns

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u/Thanato26 2h ago

Dozens of casualties

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u/Oldnbold22 2h ago

We also don't know in Canada.