Wainwright, The Day After

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Plus: An interview with @CrashMetaX, whose posts from Wainwright hospital were the most reliable throughout the night.

Meanwhile, MSM doing MSM things.

Finally, a news conference, but very little new information.

Major General Wade Rutland, higher headquarters for units training at CFB Wainwright, confirmed that four Canadian Armed Forces members died and many others were injured in a rapidly spreading grass fire during a training exercise by 3 PPCLI on October 17

More here: 39 other people are currently in hospital in connection with the incident, including 19 in critical condition.

Boris Johnson’s Britain

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Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and “THE USE OF FIREARMS MUST BE A LAST RESORT.”

On July 3, 2022, the Special Air Service (SAS) was sent into one of the most dangerous places on earth. Its soldiers were on a mission whose existence was and officially remains top secret.

The goal was to defeat Isis.

That night in the desert of Syria, they were tasked with capturing the leader of a terrorist cell. They swept through enemy terrain towards their target.

In the dark, five soldiers came under fire. They made a decision. Believing their lives to be in danger, they pursued the two enemies in view and shot them dead.

The SAS inspected the site. Local intelligence confirmed their target was among the bodies. They returned to their convoy and disappeared into the night.

An initial review cleared the men, finding they had acted in self defence. But all was not as it seemed. What happened next would plunge the SAS into crisis.

First, allegations of civilian casualties started to appear online. Then the director of Britain’s special forces referred the soldiers to police. Within days, the men who pulled the trigger would be arrested, several while on duty on secret bases in Syria and Iraq. Others had their homes raided. All were placed under investigation for double murder, meaning they faced life in prison.

Yet 48 hours after being questioned, they were sent back to the battlefield, parachuting out of helicopters to conduct raids behind enemy lines in the same lawless area of Syria.

Three years of limbo followed. Soldiers faced the psychological pressure of heading into battle while the spectre of life in prison hovered over them.

Last year, the men were cleared, but with the caveat that the case could be reopened at any time.

The fallout has sparked existential questions about the future of the unit, for decades the perceived crown jewel in Britain’s military capability. Today the SAS is losing more experienced soldiers than ever before. Just as Britain faces an era of global conflict, the systems supposed to protect its special forces — and maintain their accountability — have been cast in doubt.

For the past four years, secrecy has shielded those at the top of the chain of command from scrutiny. Insight, the Sunday Times investigations team, has gathered witness testimony, leaked documents and open-source intelligence, meaning the full story can be told for the first time.

CFB Wainwright [developing]

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Update #4: Flights continue

The casualties from the CFB Wainwright incident must be catastrophic and numerous.

A CanWest Air Beech King Air B250 air ambulance currently inbound to Wainwright from Slave Lake.

Slave Lake is about 450km or 280 miles from Wainwright.

And more.

@JeffSempleGN – More than a dozen CAF personnel literally parachuting into Wainwright, arriving at the local health centre to respond to the explosion and fire at the nearby Canadian Forces Base.

Update #3: Alberta Energy Regulator has denied a gas well/energy infrastructure was involved.

Update #2, also unconfirmed.

Facebook account from Wainwright is citing injured at 500. That seems high, I hope it's wrong.

Update. Unconfirmed, but the source is on the scene, a long term care patient.

Original post continues below.

I know we have readers in the Wainwright area, any information you might have is welcome in the comments, but if it's hearsay, please indicate that.

A major fire at CFB Wainwright has prompted responses from both the Alberta and federal governments, with leaders describing Saturday’s incident as serious and affecting military personnel at the base.

Premier Danielle Smith said Alberta’s government is learning more about what she called a “significant and tragic fire” at the Canadian Forces, located about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.

“We are learning of a significant and tragic fire at CFB Wainwright today that is affecting many of our brave military personnel,” Smith said in a post on social media.

Smith said Alberta officials are in close contact with the federal government and Prime Minister Mark Carney as the situation continues to develop

Report of multiple aircraft appear to be inbound to CFB Wainwright in response to "the incident" (apparent explosion/fire).

The western prairies are under wind warnings, it's a bad night for a fire.

Unconfirmed: 50+ INJURED

@CrashMetaX

I seen so many burn victims...

They're still bringing people in

I've seen the military truck being used to unload the victims.

8:14 PM · Oct 17, 2026

Apparently there is a military exercise and something went wrong

There is a massive explosion

50 or more are injured..

Being dropped off in pickup trucks

and being dropped off in military trucks

3 more ambulances just went past my bedroom

“If they just spent a little more money on textbooks, none of this would be happening”

Antifa More Pavilions At Folkfest 46 Comments


Update @bennyjohnson: Hôtel de Ville de Limoges was built in 1883. Third World invaders destroyed it in an afternoon.

Where is Macron?

More angry students: An alliance of migrant gangs and Antifa extremists is attacking police officers and setting fires in front of the Milan Cathedral (Duomo)

What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?

Cancelled Children R Our Future entitlement generation 4 Comments

University.

“Who Gets to Tell the Story?” That question was supposed to be the theme of a “press freedom” event this week at Columbia University, home to one of the world’s leading journalism schools. However, as first reported by the Columbia Spectator, the event was canceled after student journalists had the audacity of offering their own views on the coverage of the alleged Cornell rape case.

After the independent student newspaper The Sundial ran a column by deputy editor Nikos Mohammadi and writer Christina Ma criticizing the one-sided coverage of the allegations, the Columbia students went into a familiar groupthink, cancel mode. The students were shocked that Mohammadi and Ma took the invitation to “tell the story” literally by offering a different perspective on the still developing case.[…]

Alliance president Aum Desai has responded to the controversy with an explanation of the cancellation that is perfectly Orwellian: “We did so not in spite of, but because of our commitment to free expression.”

Meritocracy or Incompetence: Which Do You Prefer?

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I feel terrible for Katie Zacharia. From all accounts, she’s a super nice person. I wish her great success moving forward in a new endeavor.

But let’s not forget that Karine Jean-Pierre was a disaster from Day One, yet kept her job for 2 years and 8 months. So, what would you rather have, complete incompetence for that massive amount of time or job tenure based on job performance?

Saturday On Turtle Island

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Davos Carney’s Canada:    Don’t upset the Muslims.    Disclosure is another genocide.    Destroying our history.    Islamic history month in Calgary.    15 million more.

The Democratic Party’s America:    Victor Davis Hanson – A problem.    The chicken sandwich boss.    China.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:    Paul Joseph Watson – The normies are noticing.    Doctors and engineers.    Not disabled enough.

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