Two buses carrying soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Wainwright were greeted by flag-waving supporters on an Alberta highway, days after a deadly fire. Many in the crowd of about 300 also held up signs thanking those troops, who were not among the injured, for their service. Four were killed in the Saturday blaze.

A huge pile of flowers continues to grow at the cenotaph in Wainwright after four soldiers were killed in a weekend training exercise gone fatally wrong. Strong and sudden winds sent flames from a nearby grass fire across the Prairie landscape at lightning speed, stopping soldiers in their tracks and sending 39 to hospital, 19 critically. Six have since been discharged, says the defence minister.

Calgary police say three people were killed and several were injured in a fiery crash Thursday on a busy north-end street that left two city transit buses on fire. Police Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward said it appears to have begun after a transit bus slammed into a car that then hit other vehicles. The bus then bounced off that crash, hit a second bus that hit three more vehicles.

Le premier ministre canadien exhorte ses partisans à voter pour le maintien de l’Alberta dans la Confédération.

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is encouraging Albertans to head to the polls as 311 polling stations opened Tuesday for the first of five days of advanced voting for the Oct. 19 referendum.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he agrees with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and hopes Alberta stays in Canada. Albertans are set to vote in a referendum on Oct. 19, and one of the 10 questions asks whether the province should stay in Confederation or if there should be a second, binding referendum on separation.