Army's main training exercise will proceed, but it will cut back in size because of COVID-19 Exercise Maple Resolve takes place annually in Wainwright, Alta., usually involving around 5,000 soldiers. But this year’s exercise is expected to involve around 2,500 military personnel. Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen Publishing date: Mar 16, 2021 • March 16, 2021 • 3 minute read Members of the Canadian Medical Emergency Response fall back to the CH -147 Chinook helicopter, during Exercise Maple Resolve in Wainwright, Alberta on the 16th of May 2018. Photo: Corporal Andrew Kelly, Canadian Forces Combat Camera IS08-2018-0010-010 Article content The Canadian Army will proceed with its main training exercise in May, but will scale it back to about half its regular size because of COVID-19.