ATHABASCA — Mounties in northern Alberta say there were multiple injuries after a bus carrying a junior hockey team went off a slippery and snow-covered highway.

Police said the bus went into a ditch south of Athabasca early Friday, and two teens were taken to hospital in Edmonton with non-life-threatening injuries.

Others reported minor injuries and soreness and were treated at the scene.

No fatalities were reported.

Randi Pouliot, whose 18-year-old son, Dominic Schell, is the starting goalie for the Athabasca Rivermen, said her son phoned from hospital.

"He just told me that they were going around a corner and the bus driver hit some black ice ... and they ended up going straight into the ditch," said Pouliot, speaking from Red Deer, Alta.

"I was worried. I started crying. I was no

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