06-02-2019 22:56 via ottawacitizen.com

'I deserve more,' says cadet awarded $310,000 in deadly '74 grenade blast

An Ottawa man has been awarded $310,000 for the life-altering damage caused when a grenade exploded in a deadly accident at a cadet camp in CFB Valcartier in 1974.
Randall Brooks, 59, received a cheque for $268,000 last week, the second instalment in a special program announced in 2017 to compensate about 150 teenagers who were inside barracks at a summer camp when the live grenade exploded during a demonstration on munitions.
Only 14 at the time and standing about an arm’s length from the
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