{"id":42147,"date":"2015-02-12T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T03:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42147"},"modified":"2015-02-13T17:41:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:41:15","slug":"statement-by-pm-harper-on-death-of-canadian-armed-forces-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/12\/statement-by-pm-harper-on-death-of-canadian-armed-forces-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by PM Harper on death of Canadian Armed Forces member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31173\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31173\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453.jpg\" alt=\"PM Stephen Harper (Facebook photo)\" width=\"796\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453.jpg 796w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Stephen Harper (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ottawa, Ontario &#8212; Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on the death of Sergeant Mark Salesse, a Search and Rescue Technician from 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron based at 17 Wing Winnipeg, following an avalanche on Thursday in Banff National Park:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was deeply saddened today to receive confirmation of the tragic death of Sergeant Mark Salesse, following an avalanche which occurred during a Search and Rescue training exercise in Banff National Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of all Canadians, Laureen and I extend our heartfelt condolences to Sergeant Salesse\u2019s family, friends and colleagues. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this most difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Canadian Armed Forces&#8217; search and rescue technicians are some of the best trained in the world, providing on-the-scene medical aid and evacuation in some of the most hostile environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis accident is a stark reminder of the very real dangers that our brave men and women in uniform face daily to defend our country and keep Canadians safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSergeant Salesse\u2019s service and dedication to Canada will be remembered and honoured.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ottawa, Ontario &#8212; Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on the death of Sergeant Mark Salesse, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":31173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-press-release-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}