Nov 01, 2020
By Jeremy Logan
A 29-year-old Army reservist from British Columbia has been identified as the soldier killed during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta.
The Canadian Armed Forces says Corporal James Choi of the Royal Westminster Regiment in New Westminster was shot late Friday night while taking part in live-fire training at C.F.B. Wainwright.
Choi, who was serving alongside members of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at the time, was treated at the scene before being airlifted to an Edmonton hospital.
He died Saturday morning.
The incident is under investigation.
Condolences have poured in from top military officials, as well as Federal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.
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