'We share our lives' with army members on base: Wainwright mayor

We have neighbors who are either serving or former members of the Canadian Armed Forces. We're integrated. Our kids play on the same hockey teams, attend the same schools. We share our lives. And so that part is very hard. Of course, we're also really worried about our community members and friends and neighbors who work in our Wainwright Hospital, and they're second to none in terms of how they serve the community, and I have no doubt they're doing the same for our Canadian Armed Forces members, but we're recognizing that it's got to be very heavy for them as well. This would be the largest mass casualty event that we've seen in this community. I mean, that's a big thing. You know, once it sets in, how does it feel, you know, once that sets in? I think it's almost opposite sides of the same coin. It's very sobering in that there's a human tragedy, but at the same time, the goodness, the support for each other, the things that we pride ourselves on making us residents of this community or this province or this nation, it shows the best of us in responding to that tragedy.