{"id":160544,"date":"2018-04-18T05:43:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T09:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=160544"},"modified":"2018-04-18T05:43:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T09:43:08","slug":"humboldt-broncos-tribute-concert-scheduled-for-april-27-in-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/18\/humboldt-broncos-tribute-concert-scheduled-for-april-27-in-saskatoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Humboldt Broncos tribute concert scheduled for April 27 in Saskatoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_159746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159746\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/24129840_1545001735579325_5760730839817139738_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-159746\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/24129840_1545001735579325_5760730839817139738_n.jpg\" alt=\"The funeral for Tyler Bieber will be held today at the Elgar Petersen Arena where the Broncos played their home games. (Photo: Humboldt Broncos Jr 'A' Hockey Club\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/24129840_1545001735579325_5760730839817139738_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/24129840_1545001735579325_5760730839817139738_n-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/24129840_1545001735579325_5760730839817139738_n-768x726.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A GoFundMe page dedicated to the hockey team has raised more than 13 million in the 10 days since it launched (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humboldtbroncos\/\">Photo: Humboldt Broncos Jr &#8216;A&#8217; Hockey Club\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A tribute concert to honour the Humboldt Broncos &#8212; and those affected by the hockey team&#8217;s fatal bus crash &#8212; is taking place later this month in Saskatoon.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the Country Thunder Music Festival say they&#8217;ve booked the city&#8217;s SaskTel Centre for a music event on April 27.<\/p>\n<p>A list of performers will be unveiled at a press conference on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Gerry Krochak, a spokesman for the organizers, says money raised by ticket sales will go to families of the Humboldt players.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the latest in a number of fundraisers that sprouted up after the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash earlier this month, which killed 16 players and staff.<\/p>\n<p>A GoFundMe page dedicated to the hockey team has raised more than $13 million in the 10 days since it launched.<\/p>\n<p>The Country Thunder Music Festival holds a number of four-day events each year in the United States and Canada, including one in Craven, Sask. and another in Calgary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tribute concert to honour the Humboldt Broncos &#8212; and those affected by the hockey team&#8217;s fatal bus crash &#8212; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":159746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[49882,49389,3789,49883],"class_list":["post-160544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-country-thunder-music-festival","tag-humboldt-broncos","tag-saskatoon","tag-sasktel-centre","mauthors-david-friend","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}