Community gathers in silence for injured student

April 23, 2026 @ 8:13 amLocal News, News, Wingham Advance Times

A crowd gathers outside at the park in the evening.
Local residents gathered at Cruikshank Park on April 14 to show collective support for one of their own and family – an F.E. Madill student who was critically injured in a fire April 7 inside the school. North Huron CAO Nelson Santos spoke to those gathered and called for four minutes of silence. (Cory Bilyea photo)

WINGHAM – Under a canopy of trees at Cruickshank Park, many North Huron residents stood in a prayerful silence Tuesday night, April 14, seeking to wrap the family of a local student in love following a tragedy that has shaken the town to its core. One week after a fire at F.E. Madill Secondary School…

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Cory Bilyea is a reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.