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Wainwright marks Remembrance Day after training fire killed four soldiers
On Remembrance Day, Wainwright residents laid flowers and wreaths at the town’s cenotaph in Alberta.
The ceremony came about a month after a fire at CFB Wainwright killed four soldiers during a training exercise.
The fire also injured service members, though accounts gave different totals: one said 27 and another said 39.
Wainwright is home to one of Canada’s busiest military bases, giving the day particular meaning for the town.
The ceremony honoured the four service members as people across Alberta marked Remembrance Day.
Military chaplains helped notify families of the dead and injured, and visited burned service members in hospital.
The coverage described ceremonies taking place across Alberta, including events in Wainwright and St. Albert.
Wainwright marked Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 with ceremonies honouring four soldiers killed in a training fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.
The fire broke out on Oct. 17, when wind drove flames from a grass fire onto soldiers taking part in training.
Global News reported that 39 soldiers were injured and that 21 remained in hospital as of Nov. 5.
Residents, military personnel and political leaders gathered in Wainwright, while ceremonies elsewhere in Alberta also honoured the dead.
CBC’s article gives a conflicting injury figure in its introductory text, saying 27 were injured, but later reports 39.
- Who
- Wainwright residents and others honoured four Canadian Armed Forces members killed in the fire.
- What
- Remembrance Day ceremonies were held in memory of the soldiers killed and those injured.
- When
- Nov. 11, 2026.
- Where
- Wainwright, Alberta, including at the town’s ice rink; ceremonies also took place elsewhere in Alberta.
- Why
- To mark Remembrance Day and honour soldiers killed or injured in the Oct. 17 training fire.
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A wind-propelled grass fire at CFB Wainwright struck soldiers taking part in training, killing four and injuring others.
Global News reported that 21 injured soldiers were still recovering in hospital.
Remembrance Day ceremonies in Wainwright and elsewhere honoured the soldiers killed and injured in the fire.
- Fatalities
- Four soldiers
- Fire date
- Oct. 17, 2026
- Injured
- 39, according to Global News; CBC’s introductory text says 27
- Still in hospital
- 21 as of Nov. 5, according to Global News
- Wainwright ceremony venue
- Ice rink
- Names of those killed
- Hayden Lykkemark, Shaun Farrell, Aidan Goulding and Morgan Wong
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What people are saying
God, we come closer to home, we come to Wainwright, as we remember the tragedy that befell this small town
Unfortunately, some paid with their lives and some are horribly scarred
These young people literally ran into balls of fire to save their brothers and sisters in arms
We come every year