National Post (National Edition)

THE STACK (OF T-SHIRTS) FOR ONTARIO IS PROBABLY 1,000 ORDERS.

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they bring equipment make shipping labels.

When they ran out of yellow ink, someone raced to Edmonton to get more.

WestJet and several local mines have sent employees.

Everyone is sending their love.

Think about the last time Canadians rallied around something to this degree. You can’t. These young lads have had an historic impact on all of us — the likes of which we, hopefully, shall never experience again. As odd as that sounds.

“The way people have reached out and offered in small or big ways is pretty unifying, pretty powerful,” said Eaton a former principal who served the city for 13 years.

“One of the fundamenta­l human values is coming out, the compassion and caring insomanywa­ys.

“Right now my wife is at the local sewing shop, making quilts for all the families. They designed one with the Broncos logo and all the names and so many people responded to help they’re now making them for first responders. It’s just another example of how everybody wants to do something.”

With quilts, their arms, their wallets, their sticks, their jerseys and their words, the nation is putting its arms around Humboldt in a way the nation has never done before.

So sad it took a tragedy to do so much good. to

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