First responders who helped at the scene of a deadly 2023 bus crash have been given one of Manitoba’s highest honours.
Premier Wab Kinew announced Monday that a total of 134 people connected to the tragic incident near Carberry — including paramedics, firefighters, air ambulance pilots, RCMP officers, provincial call-takers and dispatchers — have been inducted into the Order of the Buffalo Hunt.
The crash, which killed 17 people on June 15 of last year, was the deadliest crash in Manitoba’s history.
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“We want to honour those whose valour and heroism helped to embody the best of Manitobans,” Kinew said in a statement.
“When we think of the first responders and how they stepped up and answered the call that day and in a moment of challenge or a moment of danger, they went towards the crisis instead of running away.”
Representatives of Carberry North Cypress-Langford Fire and Rescue, the Neepawa Volunteer Fire Department, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services and the Office of the Fire Commissioner attended a ceremony at the Manitoba Legislative Building Monday morning and accepted a statuette and certificate on behalf of all of the recipients.
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