Communities across Canada - and around the world - are expressing shock, horror and grief, following the Saskatchewan bus crash that killed 15 members of a Junior A hockey club and injured another 14.
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The president of the Princeton Posse hockey club, Randy McLean, said the accident highlights the need to put safety first.
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McNaughton was in a hockey arena in Merritt when he learned of the Saskatchewan tragedy.
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Many Princeton families are promising on social media to participate in the BC-wide intiative to on Thursday April 12, in memory of the victims from Humboldt.
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Johnston said he and his entire family will don jerseys this Thursday as well.
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