The former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been denied his first bid to stay in Canada. Under federal law, a permanent resident convicted of a crime that holds a maximum sentence of at least 10 years is deported, with few avenues for appeal. Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 2018 crash that killed 16 people and injured 13. Court was told Sidhu, a newly married permanent resident, missed a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and drove into the path of the Broncos bus carrying players and staff to a junior hockey league playoff game. Scott Thomas, father of deceased Broncos player Evan Thomas, said he's "disappointed but not surprised." He said most of the Broncos families wanted Sidhu to be deported, and it is the law. -CBC
