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The 29 criminal charges laid against the semi driver in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash can’t change what happened on April 6 but they are an important part of the ongoing healing process, says the father of a Broncos player who died in the collision.

On Friday, three months to the day after the Broncos bus tragedy, RCMP announced that Jaskirat Sidhu, a 29-year-old man from Calgary, has been charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. Sidhu was arrested Friday without incident at his residence in Calgary. He was remanded and is scheduled to appear next week in Saskatchewan court; the specific location has not been finalized, RCMP said.

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“It’s not closure by any stretch, but it’s a step toward that,” said Scott Thomas, whose son Evan was among those who died in the collision.

“I think it validated everything I believed in my heart from the minute when I pulled up on the accident scene.”