Preparations are underway for the return of two Edmonton-area soldiers killed in Afghanistan late last month.
Sgt. George Miok, 28, and Cpl. Zachery McCormack, 21, both from the Edmonton area, were killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Kirk Taylor, 28, of Yarmouth, N.S., Pte. Garrett Chidley, 21, of Cambridge, Ont., and journalist Michelle Lang, 34, were also killed in the same attack.
The bodies of Miok and McCormack are expected to arrive at the Edmonton International Airport on Friday, but it will be a private event. The soldiers' remains will come back on separate planes, with McCormack's body expected to arrive around 3 p.m.
His casket will be transferred to a waiting hearse, and from there a motorcade will travel to the city. It has not yet been confirmed when the plane carrying Miok's remains will return.
Miok was a reservist and a teacher at St. Cecilia Junior High School. McCormack, a reservist as well, was on his first tour of duty when he was killed. The young man spent much of his time away from the military at the Salisbury Wrestling Club in Edmonton.
He was also engaged to be married.
Services for both McCormack and Miok will in be held in Sherwood Park, east of the city, on Saturday.
To date, 138 soldiers have been killed while serving in Canada's eight-year mission in Afghanistan. Lang is the first Canadian journalist to die in Afghanistan.
With a report from CTV Edmonton
