Organ donor registration spiked following the Humboldt Broncos tragedy: Here’s what you need to know

Organ donor registration spiked following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, but Canada has “one of the worst” participation levels in the world. Here’s what you need to know, both about how to register, and the misconceptions that have put us so far behind other nations.

Humboldt Broncos bus crash claims 16th victim, as athletic therapist dies in hospital

Dayna Brons, the lone woman aboard the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus when it collided with a transport truck on April 6, has died. Family and friends had been waiting anxiously, hoping the 25-year-old athletic therapist would pull through after she suffered serious head trauma, relative Dale Brons told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. At that […]

Humboldt Broncos supporters across Canada, U.S. leave hockey sticks outside in tribute

What started as a text between two friends has turned into a social media phenomenon. On Sunday night, TSN play-by-play announcer Brian Munz posted a picture from a friend living in Humboldt, Sask., on his Twitter feed. The message showed a lonely hockey stick left out on the front step of a home with the message, […]

Humboldt Broncos tragedy reminder how precarious bus trips can be in minor sports

Every year, thousands of teenage athletes travel millions of miles by bus in search of their dreams. Anybody who has been on one of these bus trips knows they can be long, tedious trips often on isolated, dark highways. In minor sports, travelling between far flung outposts by bus is usually where one learns about their […]

'We will get through this': Hundreds honour Humboldt Broncos at vigil on home ice

Hundreds of people gathered in Humboldt, Sask., Sunday night to mourn those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. A vigil organized by the Saskatchewan government began at 7 p.m. CST from the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Broncos junior league hockey team. Fifteen people died from the Friday collision between a bus […]

Jets, Blackhawks honour Humboldt Broncos in regular-season finale

Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks players wore the word ‘BRONCOS’ on the back of their game jerseys in place of their own names to honour the victims and survivors of the fatal bus accident Friday involving Saskatchewan’s Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team. There was a moment silence as the teams stood together in a circle at centre ice […]

Death toll rises to 15 in Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus crash

The death toll from a horrific crash involving a Saskatchewan junior hockey team bus has risen to 15. The RCMP said a 15th person died Saturday, after 14 fatalities were announced overnight. Another 14 people were injured — some critically — in the collision near Tisdale, Sask.  The president of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team fought back tears Saturday as he described being […]