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'Serious incident' at Canada base causes deaths, sparks fire: govt

Dawn18 October 2026, 07:08 UTCCanada

Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty said late on Saturday there were “fatalities and injuries” following an incident at a military base in western Canada. “I’m saddened to share that there have been both fatalities and injuries as a result of an incident on the base,” identified as Wainwright in Alberta, McGuinty said. Prime Minister Mark Carney had posted to X earlier on Saturday that “a serious incident creating a major fire” had occurred at the base. Neither offered details on the number of casualties or the nature of the incident at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, located about 200 k

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