{"id":500326,"date":"2026-02-26T07:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500326\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:33:11","slug":"classes-cancelled-at-alberta-high-school-after-junior-hockey-players-killed-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500326\/","title":{"rendered":"Classes cancelled at Alberta high school after junior hockey players killed in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/N6QXWF6OCNDWDP67PSWWKOKLTY.jpg?auth=c775af97ce33bd7dc2f960efdf3640aa4d08150695d19af651d1d581ac30c160&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">RCMP logo shown in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.JASON FRANSON\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Classes were cancelled for a high school in northern Alberta on Wednesday after the deaths of two junior hockey players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Ryan Maguhn, principal of Harry Collinge High School, says the players studied at the school in Hinton, west of Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">He has said the school will remain open for community members to gather and that counselling services will be available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Mounties have said the two girls, aged 17 and 18, were killed after a pickup truck and a semi smashed into each other on a slippery highway east of Jasper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland said in a statement both played on the Jasper U18 Bearcats hockey team and called their deaths a loss \u201cbeyond comprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">It\u2019s the second such crash in Alberta this month after three boys who played with the Southern Alberta Mustangs were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-junior-hockey-player-alberta-crash-mustangs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-junior-hockey-player-alberta-crash-mustangs\/\">killed on their way to practice<\/a> in Stavely, south of Calgary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: RCMP logo shown in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.JASON FRANSON\/The Canadian Press 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