On Saturday evening, news started circulating about a serious fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta. Defence Minister David McGuinty gave a rare Saturday evening statement confirming that there had been injuries and deaths, but he didn’t say much more. Like many Canadians, I went to bed Saturday night thinking about the soldiers’ friends and families who would be worried sick and desperate to know more details.
Josh Dehaas: When the public needed info on Wainwright, a journalist was prevented from getting it
