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He and the others were involved in a vehicle accident Tuesday morning on the Alberta base, where personnel were participating in an exercise called Rugged Bear, a live-fire event for the Canadian Army's Road to High Readiness training program.The three injured soldiers have been taken to hospital for medical treatment.A second, identical kitchen called Vickers Kitchen was also built nearby on the base.“In our old kitchen we didn’t have a lot of natural light, so some of our staff got really depressed,” says Warrant Officer Ben Sampson, comparing the old kitchen to a dark hangar that was sweltering in the summer, freezing in the winter and about a quarter of the new building’s size.His cheery disposition is juxtaposed by his intimidating uniform of head-to-toe camo, beret and combat boots as he, along with Del Cordeiro, project manager from ZAS Architects which designed the building with another Canadian firm, Fabriq, takes me on a tour of the facilities.The military says details of their medical condition will not be disclosed at this time. Paul Wynnyk, commander of the Canadian Army, said in a statement.A military police investigation has been initiated. "Not only is his death a painful loss to his family and friends, but we feel this loss across the Canadian Army and the entire military community.
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There’s floor-to-ceiling windows covering three sides of the one-storey building, giant decorative wooden arches evoking the surrounding forest and a small outdoor patio.More than 450 Canadian troops are also preparing to head to Latvia in the next few weeks, where they will lead a NATO force intended to check Russian aggression in eastern Europe.And Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland remains on a list of individuals banned from visiting Russia, after Canada slapped the country with sanctions for annexing Crimea in 2014.Located just west of Barrie, the CFB Borden army base is easier to get into than you’d think.No watchtowers covered in barbed wire in sight, no checkpoints with soldiers clutching automatics, I was imagining something more out of than something resembling a university campus. -- One soldier has been killed and three others have been injured in a training accident at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in northern Alberta.
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