Ryan Straschnitzki’s Paralympic dreams haven’t fizzled, but his path to the international stage could take him from the ice to the hardwood. The 24-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed from the chest down in 2018 when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and barrelled into the path of the Humboldt Broncos’ bus in rural Saskatchewan. Sixteen […]
Manitoba’s health authority says six patients are in critical condition a day after a highway crash between a semi-truck and minibus killed 15 people. Another four patients are being cared for in a surgical unit. Police have said a group of mostly seniors from Dauphin, Man., and the surrounding area were heading to a casino […]
Flags were at half-mast as residents of a western Manitoba city awaited word on the fate of loved ones, while police started to piece together what caused a crash between a semi-trailer and a bus carrying seniors on a day trip to a casino, killing at least 15. “There’s a lot of uncertainty right now,” […]
The Federal Court has agreed to allow the lawyer for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash to argue against his possible deportation. In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the crash that killed 16 people and […]
A lawyer for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he’s cautiously optimistic that he will get the chance to argue against his client’s possible deportation before Federal Court. In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm […]
Families of those killed or injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash are raising concerns that Saskatchewan’s rules for truck driving licenses could be loosened as the industry deals with a shortage of drivers. The crash killed 16 people and injured 13 others after a bus carrying the junior hockey team collided with a transport […]
The Parole Board of Canada has granted the trucker who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash day parole for six months. But it is still to be decided if he will be deported back to India. The board says Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will get full parole after those six months if he follows conditions. Sidhu was […]
A Regina judge is set to hear arguments this week on whether the first lawsuit filed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash will be able to proceed or be put on hold. Sixteen people died and 13 were injured on April 6th, 2018 when the driver of a semi-truck blew a stop sign and drove […]
