EDMONTON — A soldier is dead after a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in eastern Alberta. It happened around 10 p.m. on Oct. 30. when the soldier was participating in a live-fire training exercise. The soldier suffered a gunshot wound and was treated at the scene and taken to a nearby hospital in Wainwright, Alta., and later transported by air to an Edmonton hospital. The soldier succumbed to their injuries in the early morning hours of Oct. 31. The live-fire training that was underway at the time of the incident has been suspended and an investigation is now underway. Wainwright is located approximately two hours east of Edmonton.
