‘Learn to Live With This:’ Humboldt Focuses on Future Five Years After Bus Crash

The Humboldt Broncos take on the Nipawin Hawks in the first round of Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoffs at the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Sask., on March 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Liam Richards

Kevin Garinger says it feels like the passage of time is inexplicable. The five years since a deadly bus crash changed his city, his hockey team and his life sometimes feel like a lifetime. Other times it feels like yesterday.

“I don’t know if anyone ever heals from significant loss or tragedy,” Garinger says after a moment of deep thought in his Humboldt, Sask., office.