Seven teenage basketball players who died in a New Brunswick highway accident on the weekend were remembered on Wednesday as community leaders whose lives ended too soon. Dressed in Bathurst High School's red and black, more than 6,000 mourners overflowed the 3,500-seat arena at the K.C. Irving Civic Centre, to pay their final respects. Those who couldn't find seats gathered in a nearby hockey rink to watch the service on closed-circuit television. Five of those who died - Nathan Cleland, Justin Cormier, Daniel Hains, Javier Acevedo and Codey Branch - were 17 years old. The other two students were Nick Quinn, 16, and Nicholas Kelly, 15. A soloist sang Ave Maria as people filled the last empty seats in the centre's hockey arena. A student choir held hands and sang, their voices breaking as the funeral began. "Thank you for allowing our community to be here with you today to share in this ceremony," Bathurst Mayor Stephen Brunet told...