The 3rd Battalion , Princess Patricia 's Canadian Light Infantry , along with elements of Lord Strathcona 's Horse ( Royal Canadians ) and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment ( all part of 1 CMBG ) were chosen to be a part of Canada 's military response to the September 11 , 2001 attacks and were deployed on combat operations to Afghanistan ( including Operation Anaconda ) in 2001 and 2002 . Units from the base were deployed to Kandahar , Afghanistan , as part of the Canadian Forces command takeover in that area as well . Units from Edmonton were also deployed on domestic operations such as to assist with the Red River Flood in 1997 ( where the entire 1 CMBG was deployed ) and , more recently , as a part of Operation Peregrine in response to the forest fires in British Columbia in 2003 . Units from CFB Edmonton were also deployed on numerous peacekeeping operations , including to Bosnia and Kosovo , among others
September 11 , 2001 attacks
September 11 attacks
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