‘It Is Urgent’: Alberta Military Reservists Eager to Join Canadian Forces in Latvia

‘It Is Urgent’: Alberta Military Reservists Eager to Join Canadian Forces in Latvia
Soldiers of the 41 Canadian Brigade Group live fire a 105-mm howitzer during train at CFB Suffield, Alta., on Oct. 19, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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A pair of 105-mm howitzers bark constantly as they turn plywood tank targets into kindling kilometres away on the windswept landscape of one of Canada’s largest military bases.

It’s a once-a-month weekend training session at Canadian Forces Base Suffield, 260 kilometres southeast of Calgary, for 158 members of 41 Canadian Brigade Group, composed of Army Reserve units in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.