UPDATED: OK, so it wasn't a mutiny... BUT...

According to the Canadian government led by Liberal Prime Minister Marx Carnage, it appears that the fire at CFB Wainwright that killed four soldiers and injured 39 more was a  tragic accident. Simply a case of a nearby wildfire getting out of control and trapping the soldiers who were on a training exercise. Nothing more. In other words...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith revealed this afternoon that there are 39 patients being treated in hospital. Smith said at least 19 of the injured are in critical condition. Patients were transported from Wainwright to four hospitals across the province. 

The four soldiers who died in the fire are: Sgt. Morgan Wong of Edmonton AB, Pvt. Shaun Farrell of Prince Albert SK, Pvt. Aidan Goulding of North Vancouver BC, and Pvt. Hayden Lykkemark of Langley BC. They were members of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, who were preparing for deployment to Latvia next spring. They were sent on a training mission, carrying a good deal of live ammo, on Saturday afternoon while a grass fire burned less than a mile away. SNAFU.

Walt admits jumping to one or two possible conclusions. But the way things are these days, with everyone on the qui vive for an outbreak of Islamic terrorism, who wouldn't have suspected the involvement of some Islamic wannabes.

In his televised speech to a nervous nation [or deux nations nerveuses. Ed.] Marx Carney, Prime Minister of All Canuckistan was at pains to say that there is no evidence yet that the tragedy was the result of a terrorist attack. But...

Let me ask you this. If there was a terrorist attack, especially a successful terrorist attack, do you think the government would tell you? Do you? I rest my case.

UPDATE ADDED 19/10/26 at 0720 FMT: "Canada's national newspaper" the Groan & Wail, reports today that the investigation into this tragedy will be done not by the RCMP but by a military board of inquiry. In other words, the army is going to investigate itself, and the proceedings will be closed. Surprised?