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Reuters

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined religious and community leaders at an emotional vigil to honour the 15 members of a junior ice hockey team killed in a bus crash that shocked the hockey-loving nation.
Hundreds of people including National Hockey League (NHL) players attended the vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos club at the centre of one of the worst disasters to hit Canada’s sporting community.
“We’re here behind you. We will be here for you,” Rob Muench, mayor of the small farming town of Humboldt in Saskatchewan province, told the gathering.
“We will get through this.”


Fourteen other members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team were injured in the accident, which occurred as the team was travelling to a league playoff game in the town of Nipawin, about 200km (125 miles) northeast of Humboldt, on Friday.
The bus collided with a semi-trailer truck. Canadian police are looking into road, weather and vehicle conditions.

One minute silence was observed at the time when the playoff was scheduled on Sunday evening.
“Today and for every day forward we are all humble Broncos and we will be forever humble Broncos strong,” Broncos President Kevin Geringer told the members attending the vigil.
For the prairies community of Humboldt, population about 6,000, ice hockey is a sport that unifies the town and gives it its identity, bringing home two national championships.

Townspeople and team supporters gathered at the local Uniplex sports and education complex to comfort each other. An online fundraising initiative to help the victims’ families has raised C$3.7 million (US$2.9 million).
Rob Eichorst, the team’s governor, said Sunday’s interdenominational vigil was organised by local religious leaders “for healing of the community, the hockey team, the province, the country.”
“There’s no playbook on how to handle this,” Eichorst said.

“People are bringing food … We’ve got multinational companies helping us, we’ve got national companies offering stuff. The support is overwhelming and truly appreciated.”
He estimated 300 to 400 people had gathered at the complex on Friday evening. Grief counsellors were on hand and the Red Cross was providing support to players’ families as well as the families who billet players.


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Tiny Canadian town of Humboldt mourns 15 junior ice hockey players killed in bus crash

Nearly 3,000 people – half of the local population – attended a vigil at the Humboldt Broncos’ arena

The wreckage of a fatal crash outside of Tisdale, Sask., is seen Saturday, April, 7, 2018. A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team crashed into a truck en route to Nipawin for a game Friday night killing 14 and sending over a dozen more to the hospital. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, to honour the victims of a fatal bus accident, April 8, 2018 in Humboldt, Canada. Mourners in the tiny Canadian town of Humboldt, still struggling to make sense of a devastating tragedy, prepared Sunday for a prayer vigil to honor the victims of the truck-bus crash that killed 15 of their own and shook North American ice hockey. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JONATHAN HAYWARD

Flowers lie at centre ice as people gather for a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, to honour the victims of a fatal bus accident, April 8, 2018 in Humboldt, Canada. Mourners in the tiny Canadian town of Humboldt, still struggling to make sense of a devastating tragedy, prepared Sunday for a prayer vigil to honor the victims of the truck-bus crash that killed 15 of their own and shook North American ice hockey. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JONATHAN HAYWARD

A man wears a Humboldt Broncos shirt during a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, to honour the victims of the fatal bus accident in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada April 8, 2018. Jonathan Hayward/Pool via REUTERS

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Nearly 3,000 people – half of the local population – attended a vigil at the Humboldt Broncos’ arena


Tiny Canadian town of Humboldt mourns 15 junior ice hockey players killed in bus crash

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Nearly 3,000 people – half of the local population – attended a vigil at the Humboldt Broncos’ arena