Motorcade escorts remains of soldier killed at CFB Wainwright to B.C. funeral home

Published 7:15 pm Wednesday, November 4, 2026 By Lauren Collins/Black Press The remains of Pte. Aidan Goulding, who was killed in the fire at CFB Wainwright last month, arrived in Vancouver Wednesday. A motorcade excorted the hearse as it left Vancouver International Airport and headed to a funeral home in New Westminster on Nov. 4. Media were invited to the motorcade at the request of Goulding’s family. Goulding, who was from North Vancouver, was one of four people killed in the fire on Oct. 17. Thirty-nine others were seriously injured. Along with Goulding, the other three who died were: Sgt. Morgan Wong from the Loyal Edmonton Regiment from Edmonton, Pte. Shaun Farrell from Prince Albert, Sask. and Pte. Hayden Lykkemark from Langley, B.C. All four served with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and were all based in Edmonton. Farrell’s funeral was held in Saskatchewan Wednesday. The motorcade going by @BlackPressMedia https://t.co/4P228cK5VK — Lauren Collins (@laurenpcollins1) November 4, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney previously told the House of Commons that Goulding met every hardship with a joke. “When others struggled, he shouldered more than his share without ever being asked.” On Oct. 17, soldiers with 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and members of the army’s reserve were training alongside them while conducting live fire exercises. “A fire was burning in the training area, driven by ferocious winds, the fire jumped nearly a kilometre, less than a minute to where the soldiers were gathered,” Carney said on Oct. 19. Wainwright RCMP responded to a request for assistance at CFB Wainwright on Saturday around 4 p.m., with early reports that there was a fire at a training area. Little was known about the situation in the hours after the fire, beyond the confirmation of multiple deaths. Carney said that military and civilian crews fought the fire in “some of the worst conditions imaginable.” He said the original cause of the fire is not yet known. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is now leading the investigation with support from the RCMP. There are 50 investigators on the ground, Carney