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’They don’t know that they’re not looking at their own boy, and I remember the mom saying, "He’s beginning to look more like our boy." ’

After the bus crash that killed four of their teammates in 1986, the Swift Current Broncos survivors were made to suffer in silence.

From the diner where they loaded up on eggs to the eighth row in their home arena, the void left by the lost Broncos cannot be overstated

Humboldt Broncos team pastor Sean Brandow delivered a powerful message at Sunday’s vigil in Saskatchewan. Here is the transcript.

As orders piled up for charity T-shirts in the Humboldt Broncos’ yellow and green over the weekend, the ink ran out—and help rushed in

Kevin Garinger: ’This light has come from people across this globe, reaching out to offer condolences, and to share a truly staggering level of generosity and support.’

Star athletes and NHL teams gave generously. But the donors’ names otherwise read like those you’d see on the boards of any junior hockey arena

’It’s not about the hockey anymore, It’s about the people. It’s about the families.’

The hockey community—and the country as a whole—are reeling as identities of the victims emerge on social media, and by word of mouth

The Humboldt Strong vigil will take place at the arena where the team had hoped to play game six on Sunday night