# Bus Crash Of Junior Hockey Players in Saskatchewan - Fatalities Confirmed \[in 2018\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965 "2018-04-07T05:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/201 "2019-04-06T20:42:20Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And it’s a sad anniversary in the Province today. > > We’re hearing “Big League” by Tom Cochrane a lot. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaadKYEZgH4](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaadKYEZgH4) > > Memorial service on right now. Choir is singing “On Eagles’ Wings”. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/202 "2019-04-06T20:49:26Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > An article discussing the sentence: > ['It still seems surreal': Semi driver sentenced to 8 years in prison | The Star Phoenix](https://nationalpost.com/news/local-news/humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-semi-driver-jaskirat-sidhu-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison/wcm/cb4e4986-1401-457f-80b6-514fc4983f7c?video_autoplay=true) > > Note: > > > [@](#): > > > > The judge noted on Friday that because Sidhu is a permanent resident, and not a Canadian citizen, he will be deported after serving his sentence. The deportation order is entirely reasonable but seems inconsistent with the ten-year license suspension and firearm ban after release. Why would these bans be imposed by the same judge who made the deportation decision? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/203 "2019-04-07T02:38:58Z")
The judge doesn’t decide on deportation. The driving prohibition and firearms ban are pretty much automatic under the Criminal Code and the sentencing judge has to impose it. The deportation order isn’t made under the Criminal Code and hasn’t actually been made. The sentencing judge doesn’t have authority to order deportation and she didn’t make a deportation order. The federal immigration authorities will make that order when he comes up for release from prison. ETA: the judge doesn’t have authority to suspend a driver’s licence. That’s a provincial matter. Rather, she prohibited from driving for 10 years, as part of his sentence under the Criminal Code. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/204 "2019-04-07T07:06:33Z")
I’ve been meaning to post some updates but thought it best to wait until after the court case was done. First, last September: remember the billet mom who thought she’d lost all three of his billet sons, and then after a few days it turned out one had survived? She wasn’t sure a year ago if they could bear to have another set of billets. But come September, she and her husband and her two daughters had talked it out, and offered to billet two more Broncos: > [@](#): > > After discussing it as a family, the Cannons ultimately decided that last season was not how they wanted to end their relationship with the Broncos. They agreed they needed to bring back the noise and laughter to their home and billet again, in a hockey season they know will be anything but ordinary. > > “It doesn’t take away missing people you still wish were around,” said Cannon. “It also means that you move forward, and for us, part of moving forward was opening our home again, and seeing where that led.” > … > But how do you open your heart to loving again after suffering loss? > > For Cannon’s 14-year-old daughter, Abbie, it has been harder than she might have imagined. > … > Even as she’s missing her former billet brothers, Abbie is looking forward to welcoming new players to her home again, the kind of brothers who will pick her up and take her out for an ice cream after school or attend her and her sister’s volleyball games and dance recitals. > > “I hope by billeting again, I can start to feel more like myself,” she said. “There were small parts of me gone. All three boys held a special piece of my heart.” [A New Beginning - CBC News](https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/new-beginning-humboldt) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/205 "2019-04-07T07:18:52Z")
And remember Kelsey Fiddler, the woman who was stopped at the intersection, with her two young sons, and the three of them saw the entire accident? She was pregnant, and as she was trying to help, she started to have contractions. She turned down an ambulance and drove herself to the nearest hospital, because ‘the boys’ needed the ambulances more than she did. Her baby was born two months later, nice and healthy. Inspired by Logan Boulet, the player who had signed an organ donor card on his 18th birthday, and whose organs went to six different people, Ms Fiddler asked his parents for permission to name her daughter after him: Logan Humble Strong. > [@](#): > > “She is a handful already,” Fiddler said, laughing, explaining how Logan was quick to learn to crawl, walk and play with her older siblings. > > “She’s healthy. She’s a real chubby girl and she’s cute.” > > The year since the crash has been difficult for Fiddler. > > She said she still thinks about the scene and gets panic attacks, but has to be brave for her two sons, who were in the car and witnessed the collision. > > It is nine-month-old Logan who gives the family strength. > > “She’s our pride and joy. She just comforts us in every way.” [Mother says baby named after Broncos player a gift - Canadian Press](https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/mother-says-baby-named-after-broncos-player-a-gift/ar-BBVw5j5) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/206 "2019-04-07T07:27:36Z")
Then there was the coach’s widow. She was also the secretary for the Broncos, but after the accident she decided she had to pull back from that position - just too gut-wrenching to be working where her husband had been. > [@](#): > > With Darcy gone, Christina decided it’s time for her to take a step back from the team. She resigned from her job in the office, focusing instead on helping her children start the school year and teaching piano. > > “It’s too hard to be as involved as we were before, and the reason — hockey was very much a family venture for us,” she says. > > “For us, the Broncos remind us of Darcy.” > > While her children will continue to play hockey, she isn’t sure if her family will stay in Humboldt. They came to the small Saskatchewan city strictly for the Broncos. But she still wants to keep track of the team’s games — from a distance. > > “We’re glad that hockey’s moving on. It has to,” she says. “We want them to be successful. We wish them the best.” > … > The effort Darcy put into his players during his 18-year coaching career was “almost overwhelming sometimes,” Christina says. > > “I wasn’t sure he was making an impact sometimes,” she says. “These kids are young, they don’t always make the smartest decisions, and you just wonder sometimes if it’s worth it.” > > At Darcy’s funeral, she got a glimpse of what her husband had meant to the young men he coached. She and her two children stood for 20 minutes as former hockey players walked by and gave them hugs on the way to honour her husband. > > “When I saw the number of players that showed up for him — most of them from far, far away — it all became clear,” she says. > > “Every minute that he invested in them, every sacrifice he made or we made as a family, every game that he missed of his own kids so that he could coach these kids — it was OK.” [‘The Broncos remind us of Darcy’: Why head coach’s widow is stepping away from hockey](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/humboldt-broncos-darcy-haugan-legacy-new-season-1.4796417) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/207 "2019-04-07T07:37:45Z")
There were bits of news during the fall. For instance, of the three players who came back to the Broncos and played in the new season, one left after about a month. He said it was important for him to come back and play, but then he had to take time away. Probably both smart decisions on his part: [Humboldt Broncos player who returned to team in November steps away to recover at home](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-humboldt-broncos-player-who-returned-to-team-in-november-steps-away-to/). And the new head coach left part way through the season. It couldn’t have been an easy load to carry: [‘I gave them everything I possibly could’: Nathan Oystrick no longer Humboldt Broncos head coach](https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/nathan-oystrick-no-longer-humboldt-broncos-head-coach) - Star Phoenix > [@](#): > > Oystrick is not the first person to leave the Broncos since the crash. The team has previously lost its assistant general manager, an assistant coach, an office manager and multiple directors. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/208 "2019-04-07T07:42:59Z")
And while those things were happening, there was the court case. There were the normal appearances, and the families were uncertain what would happen, and were gearing up for a long and stressful trial. Until early in January. > [@](#): > > **“I plead guilty, your honour,” said Sidhu** , wearing a black suit and white dress shirt and tie. > > “His position to me was, ’I just want to plead guilty. I don’t want you to plea bargain. I don’t want a trial,”’ Sidhu’s lawyer, Mark Brayford, said outside court, his client beside him with his head down. > > **“Mr. Sidhu advised me: ’I don’t want to make things any worse. I can’t make things any better, but I certainly don’t want to make them worse by having a trial.”’** > > … > > “He wanted the families to know that he’s devastated by the grief that he’s caused them,” Brayford said. “And he’s overwhelmed by the expressions of sympathy and kindness that some of the families and players have expressed to him in spite of the fact their grief is entirely his fault.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/209 "2019-04-07T07:49:26Z")
And Christie Blatchford, the Toronto journalist with a soft spot for Saskatchewan, wrote two columns. The first, sort of taken by surprise by the sudden guilty plea, commented that the driver might have had a defence: [Christie Blatchford: Trucker in Humboldt crash had a defence, but he chose to do the right thing](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-trucker-in-humboldt-crash-had-a-defence-but-he-chose-to-do-the-right-thing?video_autoplay=true) Her second was more interesting, as she struggled to explain her reaction to the guilty plea: > [@](#): > > Within hours, reader Coates, who spent a career in the newspaper business with what is now the Waterloo Regional Record, wrote to ask, “Tell me the last time you heard this stark acceptance of responsibility from anyone in this nation? > > “This is a tragedy — on every imaginable level. > > “And yet, I feel a form of pride — maybe that’s the wrong term — that this particular citizen acknowledged his guilt, his inattention, his carelessness, that led to this horror, and stood up to face the court and accept whatever judgment may follow.” > > I felt it too, weird as it was, something very like pride that a fellow citizen had the toughness and grace to do what was right, sparing the families of all those young people lost or hurt in the crash from a long trial. [Christie Blatchford: Stark acceptance of responsibility by Humboldt crash trucker is something rarely seen now](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-stark-acceptance-of-responsibility-by-humboldt-crash-trucker-is-something-rarely-seen-now) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/210 "2019-04-07T07:58:23Z")
And then there was the sentencing hearing. About 90 victim impact statements were delivered; some read by the family members; others submitted to the Court because they said it was just too hard to read them out loud. The local media published them. I read some, but they were heart-wrenching, so I stopped. But an interesting thing at the sentencing hearing. The very first statement was from the widow of the head coach: [Widow of Humboldt Broncos coach offers semi driver forgiveness: ‘We’ve all made mistakes’](https://globalnews.ca/news/4905605/christina-haugan-forgiveness-semi-driver-humboldt-broncos-crash/) > [@](#): > > In an interview with Global National reporter Heather Yourex-West, Christina said she knew she needed to forgive him because she didn’t want her or her kids to be living in anger. > > “I knew I needed to forgive him, and I knew before when I was writing [the victim impact statement] that Darcy would expect and want that from us as a family,” she said. > > She also said she feels compassion for Sidhu, because she knows he didn’t intend for the crash to happen. > > “Honestly seeing him, my heart just breaks for him,” said Haugan. “His life turned upside down too, and while it was a preventable mistake, it was a mistake, and we’ve all made mistakes.” > > Darcy’s parents also made impact statements, saying they knew Sidhu “did not wake up that morning with the intention of harming others.” > > They said Darcy never held a grudge. > > “We choose to honour [Darcy’s] memory by extending the grace, compassion and forgiveness that he would have offered to you.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/211 "2019-04-07T08:05:27Z")
And that was one of the most striking things about the hearing: some parents, quite naturally, were angry and wanted a long sentence, saying they couldn’t forgive him. And yet, many others said that they had to forgive, to be able to move on: [To forgive or to punish? Humboldt Broncos’ families express range of emotions before sentencing](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/humboldt-broncos-victims-sentencing-opinions-mixed-1.5067825) - CBC > [@](#): > > Families of victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash expressed a wide range of opinions on how the semi driver involved should be sentenced. > > Some called for forgiveness, while others wanted Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to spend as many years as possible in prison. > > “I’m sure the weight of the world is on him,” Mark Dahlgren, whose son Kaleb was injured in the crash, told CBC News Thursday. > … > Dahlgren planned to make the drive late Thursday to Melfort from his home in Saskatoon. He said there should be consequences, but he doesn’t see the point of a lengthy jail term. > > “It’s not going to change what happened on that day. I’m sure that he feels the weight of what he did every day. That itself is a life sentence.” > > Others disagree. > > “I know the judge has a tough job … but we want to see a sentence that will send a message and make change,” Chris Joseph, whose son Jaxon was killed in the crash, told CBC News on Thursday. > > “Just because somebody feels bad doesn’t mean they should get a lighter sentence. They still did the act. We feel they should serve the time.” And the accused, Mr Sidhu, again spoke in Court, very briefly: > [@](#): > > Sidhu also spoke directly to the families in court. > > “I take full responsibility for what has happened. It happened because of my lack of experience,” Sidhu said in January. > > “I can’t imagine what you are going through, what you’ve been through. I have taken the most valuable things of your life. I will be so, so, so, so, so sorry from this day.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/212 "2019-04-07T08:15:39Z")
And then there was Scott Thomas, the father of one of the players who was killed. He was one of the first on the scene, and knew right away his son was dead; rookies like his son ride in the front of the bus, which was simply gone. He was in Court the day of the sudden guilty plea: > [@](#): > > Standing in the bitter cold outside the provincial courthouse in Melfort, Sask., the Saskatoon father said he’s relieved the case is moving on to sentencing. > > He isn’t worried about whether Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will go to prison for a long time. > > “If he spends a day, if he spends 10 years, time is irrelevant,” Thomas said, fighting through his emotions. “He was guilty. He acknowledged that. That’s all I needed to hear.” [‘That’s all I needed to hear:’ Truck driver in Broncos crash pleads guilty](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/cp-newsalert-truck-driver-in-broncos-crash-pleads-guilty-504049912.html) - Winnipeg Free Press And yet, he also commented a few times that he really wanted to hear from Mr Sidhu what happened, and said that someday, he hoped he could talk to him. That day came during the sentencing hearing: > [@](#): > > Thomas was sitting in court in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday when Sidhu’s brother tapped him on the knee and asked if Thomas would meet with their family after the hearing ended for the day. > > “We went into a small room in the back,” Thomas told The Canadian Press in an interview Thursday. > > Thomas had frequently said he would like to meet with the truck driver. > > He said Sidhu asked him how he could make it right for his family. > > “I said, 'So far, you’ve done everything that’s in your power,”’ Thomas recalled. "He pled guilty, he took away the possibility of a long, drawn-out trial. He ended the proceedings in a pretty short and quick and efficient manner and definitely saved our families a lot of grief going forward. > > “In his words, he can’t do anything to make it better, but he can stop proceedings that make it worse. That’s what he did. He’s already taken steps in that direction.” > > Thomas said he accepted Sidhu’s apology. > > “Absolutely,” said Thomas. “It was a powerful moment in both of our lives, I think. It’s what I had asked for.” [Father of Humboldt Bronco player got apology in tearful meeting with truck driver](https://london.ctvnews.ca/father-of-humboldt-bronco-player-got-apology-in-tearful-meeting-with-truck-driver-1.4278284) - CTV ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/213 "2019-04-07T08:31:21Z")
And then, after the sentencing, an interesting news report that summed up the reactions from the families. There were those who wanted a very long sentence, but that was not universal: > [@](#): > > Most of the families of the 29 people involved in the crash gave victim impact statements in court. **There was a striking level of forgiveness and sympathy shown towards Sidhu** , with some even asking that he receive a sentence that won’t ruin his life. And the final statement, from Mr Sidhu’s uncle: > [@](#): > > Chanan Singh Sidhu, the uncle of Jaskirat Sidhu, read a prepared statement outside court, **saying his family feels “indebted to the (Broncos) families** and the Canadian public at large **for the support, sympathy and understanding they have shown through this trial for our nephew** and our families.” How often do you hear the family of the _accused_ thanking the families of the _victims_ for the compassion they have shown to the accused? [‘It still seems surreal’: Semi driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash sentenced to 8 years in prison](https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-semi-driver-jaskirat-sidhu-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison) - star-Phoenix Christie Blatchford got it right in one of her columns a year ago: > [@](#): > > But like their billet sons, they are resilient. And like Rene Cannon just next door, who told CBC Radio, “We aren’t built not to get attached.” > > **Attaching is what they do in Humboldt. They know grace here.** [Christie Blatchford: In the midst of tragedy, Humboldt families stand together after devastating bus crash](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/humboldt-a-place-of-grace) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/214 "2019-04-07T16:57:59Z")
I know this sounds corny but I mean it… Those people seem like the best of humanity. Having room for passion and forgiveness in your heart after so much suffering is one of the hardest but most generous things a person can possibly do. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/215 "2019-04-08T03:20:26Z")
Thanks for those posts, Northern Piper. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/216 "2019-04-08T20:19:53Z")
Yes, many thanks. Some of those people were far more forgiving than I suspect I would be, were I in their shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/217 "2024-12-16T02:43:29Z")
And an update, six years on. The federal immigration authorities have ordered that Mr Sidhu be deported, because of the crime he committed and pled guilty to. Mr Sidhu is challenging that in the Federal Court. He would like to stay in Canada. The Federal Court recently rejected his application for judicial review of the immigration decision, but noted that he could apply to the Minister of Immigration for permission to remain on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. > **[Judge dismisses latest bid by driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash to...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/humboldt-truck-driver-deportation-1.7059282)** > > A federal judge has dismissed applications from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and was fighting deportation back to India. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/218 "2024-12-16T02:52:43Z")
Since the matter has been brought forth, I am happy to report that a hockey arena in Lethbridge (Logan Boulet’s hometown) has been named after him: > **[Logan Boulet Arena in Lethbridge, Alberta](https://visitlethbridge.com/profile.asp?bPageID=4176)** ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/219 "2024-12-16T03:01:25Z")
He’s the one who signed his donor card. Six other people benefitted from his generosity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965.md?page=10)