VIDEO: Military starts heading north to help fight fires
A group of veterans living in a Prince Albert care home were among a supportive crowd who came out to send off a group of military personnel to northern Saskatchewan.
Over the next few days, 500 servicemen and women with the armed forces will undergo a crash course in firefighting training in Prince Albert before crossing over the city’s Diefenbaker Bridge to assist in the international efforts to tame unprecedented wildfires.
Lorna Bennett works at the Herb Bassett long-term care facility, and said many of the 144 residents are veterans.
“We got together a few of our residents to show our Canadian pride, not just for today and for everything but this is an activity that you won’t see very often,” Bennett said, standing just off the bridge before military vehicles headed north on Tuesday.