A pair of Edmonton military veterans donned rucksacks to raise money for survivors of the fire at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright. Hauling 50-pound packs on their backs, the two men spent the day Saturday climbing up, and down, the Royal Glenora Stairs. “We’re gonna be busy. We’re gonna be tired. We’re gonna be icing our knees,” said Lucas Forti, a co-founder of the Ferda Veterans Foundation. Forti said he was a former member of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and wanted to help after the fire that killed five soldiers and injured dozens of others. “I know someone personally who was hurt in the CFB Wainwright fire. The dude showed great heroism, ran in and out of the fire to save people. The guy has a family, so we figured we had to do something,” Forti said. Forti’s fundraiser page said all of the money will be going to support rehabilitation expenses for the survivors that might not be covered by the military or Canadian government. As of Saturday at 6 p.m. they had raised just over $2,000.
