Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
51/100
The Globe and Mail's corrections and
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Same framing elsewhere
1
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A fifth member of the Canadian Forces has died as a result of injuries sustained from the deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, the Department of National Defence confirmed to The Globe and Mail.
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Department → die → Globe
Private William Douglas Dal Bianco, of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, who was among those seriously injured in the fire, died on Friday in Ontario, according to the Department of National Defence.
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who → injure → Defence
General Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff, offered her condolences to Private Dal Bianco’s family, friends and those who served alongside him.
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who → offer → him
“We will honour his dedicated service and continue to stand with all those affected by this tragedy along the difficult road ahead.
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We → honour → road
My thoughts are also with our injured members and their families, and I am deeply grateful to everyone involved in providing care and support during this time of tremendous sadness,” she said.
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she → injure → sadness
Four soldiers died and 39 others were injured during the Oct. 17 fire at CFB Wainwright.
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others → die → Wainwright
More than half of those injured remain in hospital.
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half → injure → hospital
The incident is one of Canada’s worst peacetime training tragedies on home soil, with dozens more injured than the Slesse Range disaster in 1988 that killed six military engineer trainees and seriously injured three others during a demolition exercise at CFB Chilliwack.
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that → injure → Chilliwack
The majority of the injured suffered extreme burns that require multiple surgeries and extensive rehabilitation.
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that → injure → surgeries
Some of the individuals receiving care in hospital have had more than 50 per cent of their body scorched by the flames.
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cent → receive → flames
Before Saturday, the military provided its last update on the casualties on Nov. 4, saying 14 soldiers had been released from hospital, and four others were transferred from Alberta to health care facilities closer to their home communities, including in British Columbia and Ontario where they will continue receiving care.
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they → provide → care
Funerals have been held for the four soldiers who died in the fire: Sergeant Morgan Wong, 26, of Edmonton; Private Shaun Farrell, 23, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; Private Aidan Goulding, 23, of North Vancouver, B.C.; and Private Hayden Lykkemark 19, of Langley, B.C. All four were Edmonton-based members serving with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
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four → hold → Battalion
CFB Wainwright, located 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton, is used as a combat and live-fire training ground for troops about to go overseas.
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Wainwright → locate → troops
Officials said the soldiers who died were among those training for deployment to Latvia, as part of the NATO presence to deter Russian aggression in the Baltics.
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who → say → Baltics
The deadly blaze began as a smouldering grass fire that was whipped into a “wall of flame” by high winds, according to military officials.
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that → begin → officials
The military promised a board of inquiry to examine the circumstances of the fire and adequacy of safety protocols, but the board has not yet been convened.
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board → promise → protocols
At a news conference last month, Brigadier-General Vanessa Hanrahan, the military’s top police officer, said the fire had started hours earlier on CFB Wainwright’s automatic grenade launcher range and was monitored continuously for hours.
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fire → say → hours
She did not say whether the firing of live ammunition or explosive rounds ignited the fire.
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firing → say → fire
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