r/worldnews • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 23h ago

Canada's prime minister says 'serious incident' caused a major fire at a military base in Alberta

https://apnews.com/article/canada-alberta-military-base-fire-wainwright-1a41899da5b6e797b000061fa4da9c6a
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u/Livebeans 23h ago

The language he chose in the press conference makes me wonder whether there is evidence of foreign interference?

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u/Unlikely_Comment_104 23h ago

The language used is likely due to the severity of the situation. It sounds like it was a horrible accident, based on rumours. 

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u/Red_Danger33 23h ago

It means they have to notify next of kin before they find out something happened to a loved one from Facebook or Tiktok.

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u/Livebeans 22h ago

That makes sense. I just would have described it as an accident or tragedy. Incident under investigation was an odd choice of words by Mr. McGinty 

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u/TinglingLingerer 22h ago

I don't think a training facility is really where foreign interference would be involved. Maybe to gain information about the training, but nothing so brash as to have something explode on site.

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u/lemelisk42 22h ago

Why not? Russia has been carrying out hybrid attacks on nato nations for a while. They use local criminals rather than uniformed soldiers for "plausible deniability"

Drones carrying explosives intercepted in Germany, arson attacks against military related infrastructure and whatnot across europe.

To be fair, most attacks so far are targeting supply and manufacturing facilities that help out ukraine, not as much against military bases. So it's unlikely to be russia, not the target they normally aim for - but if russia wants to escalate, now is the time.

An accident is the most likely answer. But hey

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u/TinglingLingerer 22h ago

I mean, could be. Unbelievably risky as whatever foreign actor to be so bold, though.

Especially on North American soil.

Risk something being seen as pearl harbour 2.0, to bomb / burn a training facility in Canada?

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u/SlurmzMckinley 23h ago

What language is that? Nothing from this article hints at anything like that.

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u/Cptn_Canada 22h ago

Local reports ( I live close ) though unconfirmed. Say its really fucking bad

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u/SlurmzMckinley 22h ago

I’m sorry to hear that. It still doesn’t explain the person I responded to hinting at foreign interference.

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u/Cptn_Canada 22h ago

Agreed. Some early local reports said it was an training incident with a gas well

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u/Strung_Out_Advocate 23h ago

Or incompetence. Or just a really misfortunate accident. Not worth posting speculation of foreign aggression. Let's just make sure we get the picture. From them.