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IrelandWainwright chaplain describes supporting families after deadly training fire
CBC's Remembrance Day broadcast connects national ceremonies with fresh grief in Alberta and a chaplain's account of caring for bereaved military families.
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- 2:01Veterans and attendees in Ottawa reflect on military service and sacrifice at the national ceremony.
- 4:36St. Albert's commemoration remembers soldiers killed in the CFB Wainwright training fire, CBC reports.
- 8:14CBC reports a pilot's death during a missing man formation at a Saint-Georges Remembrance Day event.
- 22:55A Canada Post stamp honors Force 136, a covert unit of Chinese-Canadian Second World War soldiers.
- 38:07Military chaplain Matthew Squires describes supporting families grieving after the Wainwright fire.
- 43:24The Amabile Choir performs music adapted from Flight Sgt. Kenneth Irwin's Second World War prisoner-of-war diary.
Remembrance in Alberta carries a fresh loss in CBC News: The National's November 11 broadcast. Soldiers killed in a training fire at CFB Wainwright are honored at services in St. Albert and Wainwright, while military chaplain Lt.-Cmdr. Matthew Squires describes supporting their grieving families.
His interview brings the broadcast beyond the public ceremonies to the people helping families afterward. Asked about caring for himself, Squires answers: "I don't need to take care of myself. We all take care of each other."
Adrienne Arsenault hosts an edition that opens with commemorations in Ottawa, where reporter Kate McKenna speaks with veterans and those attending. CBC also reports that a pilot died when a small plane crashed during a missing man formation at a Remembrance Day event in Saint-Georges, Quebec.
Alongside those losses, the program considers how military service is remembered. A new Canada Post stamp honors Force 136, a covert unit of Chinese-Canadian soldiers during the Second World War. Brent G. Hoy describes it as a symbol of their sacrifices and distinctive contribution.
The closing segment gives remembrance another form: the Amabile Choir performs music adapted from Flight Sgt. Kenneth Irwin's wartime prisoner-of-war diary, carrying a personal record from the page into a choral performance.
A Canadian Forces base in Denwood, Alberta, next to the town of Wainwright.
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The full broadcast drew about 73,000 views since yesterday, the most among The National's new uploads.
