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British departure means murky future for Alberta’s massive Suffield military base | Globalnews.ca

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Canadian Forces Base Suffield, 260 kilometres east of Calgary , is the largest training area in Canada at nearly 2,700 square kilometres .

The British Army sent thousands of troops to the base for armour training and exercises each year beginning the early 1970s .

Prince Harry trained there in 2007 and was spotted socializing at bars in Calgary before being deployed to Afghanistan .

In 2023 , the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced it would substantially reduce its operational activities at Suffield .

Hamilton hopes the British return. “It would be our hope that they get some more coming.” with files from The Canadian Press’ Kyle Duggan .

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