Mayor of western Manitoba community says outpouring of support appreciated
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The streets of this western Manitoba city were quiet Saturday as residents awaited confirmation on whether they knew any of the 15 killed or 10 injured in a horrific highway collision this week.
The streets of this western Manitoba city were quiet Saturday as residents awaited confirmation on whether they knew any of the 15 killed or 10 injured in a horrific highway collision this week.
Outside city hall on Main Street in Dauphin, Man., there were few people passing by the flags at half-mast and the digital billboard that displayed a burning candle.
A few blocks away, a portable sign outside a plumbing business said: "We love you, Dauphin."
Mayor David Bosiak said the support centre for families of those involved in the crash was not very busy.
There were no visible makeshift memorials, unlike in the aftermath of the bus crash 400 kilometres west in Humboldt, Sask., five years ago that killed 16 people, most members of the Broncos hockey team.
Cam Bennet, a Dauphin high school teacher, said that may be because in Humboldt, it was immediately clear that members of a hockey team had perished. This situation is different.
"We're all still waiting to see who was on that bus. We all know that we're going to know someone (who was), and it's just a matter of waiting and finding out," said Bennet.
