STATUE IN MEMORY OF COACH KILLED IN HUMBOLDT BUS CRASH

A junior hockey coach killed in a deadly bus crash that scarred the nation was honoured this weekend with a bronze statue unveiled in the Alberta town where he grew up and coached another team to five league championships. Darcy Haugan, 42, was one of 16 people who died after the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team’s bus and a semi collided in Saskatchewan on April 6, 2018. Haugan was remembered as a coach who pushed his players to bring their very best to the rink and to their lives. “We were all devastated when we heard the news in April 2018. Like many in our community, it was hard to digest, hard to comprehend what had happened,” town councillor Orren Ford said at the unveiling of the statue on Saturday in Peace River, Alta.