Documentary by 1986 Broncos bus crash survivor screens at Medicine Hat College this month

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 8, 2025.

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It’s been almost 40 years since a bus crash claimed the lives of four Swift Current Broncos hockey players in Saskatchewan. A new documentary made by one of the survivors is showing at Medicine Hat College this month. Sideways aims to shed new light on the trauma, recovery and resilience that follow tragedy.

Former Bronco and subsequent NHL player Bob Wilkie was on board the Broncos bus to Regina in 1986 when disaster struck. After years of silent struggle with the emotional aftermath, he started I Got Mind in 2008, an organization that uses trauma-informed programming to help teams and individuals prosper.

I Got Mind and the Brandon Niwa Legacy Fund’s Beej Project teamed up to screen two free showings of Sideways at the college’s Eresman Theatre on Oct. 15 and 16.

“Medicine Hat is one of those places in the world that’s very near and dear to me. I’ve been a part of the community for almost 12 years now and have seen all the different things that they’ve gone through,” said Wilkie.

“I learned in my healing that I wouldn’t have been able to get where I am today without my community. Make time to come and learn something that can really help enhance the lives of not only you, but everybody that you’re in the community with.”

Wilkie hopes people walk away from the film with a new appreciation for the importance of taking time to heal.

“I really hope that coming and watching this, people can realize that, yeah, life has happened to them, and there’s some steps that we can take to enjoy life a little more.”

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the film begins at 7 p.m.

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