Calgary school honouring former MLA killed near Red Deer opens

CALGARY – The family of an Alberta politician killed while helping a stranded driver on a highway shed tears of joy, grief and gratitude as they stood in front of a Calgary school named after him.

Manmeet Singh Bhullar School opened its doors on Aug. 15, but on Monday Bhullar’s family got a tour.

Bhullar, a Calgary Progressive Conservative MLA, was killed in November 2015 on Highway 2 near Red Deer after he got out of his car to help a stranded driver in a snowstorm and was hit by a semi.

He was 35.