Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> trains collide in northeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe_River_train_crash" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Canoe River train crash">Canoe River train crash</a>; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.