— A tragic bus crash that has sunk a Saskatchewan community into deep sorrow has also released an incredible display of human kindness as residents struggle to deal with their grief. The Canalta Hotel offered free rooms to family members travelling to the small Saskatchewan city after the crash, and provided food and support. “I’ve taken him to the hockey bus so many times to go on road trips, and put his equipment on buses and dropped him off,” she said. It’s everywhere.”Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, who was with the Western Hockey League Swift Current Broncos and on the team bus when it crashed in 1986, said hockey is beyond important for small towns. In those communities the only way they can operate a hockey team is by everybody pulling on the rope.”Wilkinson agrees.

Source: National Post April 15, 2018 15:56 UTC