6pm Hour – 15-seat vans

By News Staff

Posted Feb 8, 2012 02:20:33 PM.

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MP Yvon Godin and Isabelle Haines who lost her son in the Bathurst van crash that killed a high school basketball team join us. A 15-seat van killed several in Ontario, creating renewed calls for a ban on the vehicles. Cecil our rowdy sports fan joins us with a check on sports. Blair Beed looks back on this day in history. Cole McLean with Atlantic Canada Rocks joins us. Madonna announced her Canadian tour dates — no Moncton. Is there still a chance?

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