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COMMENTARY: Tragic crash of Ukraine airliner reveals the perils of Persian Gulf airspace
Jan10

COMMENTARY: Tragic crash of Ukraine airliner reveals the perils of Persian Gulf airspace

Canada’s evacuation from Iraq began after NATO suspended a mission there. Wednesday’s tragic crash in Iran shows how risky flying in the Persian Gulf can be, Matthew Fisher says. …read more Source:: Global...

To those who have perished since the Iranian Revolution
Jan10

To those who have perished since the Iranian Revolution

Marina Nemat is the author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran. She teaches memoir writing at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies When I think of Iran, the country of my birth, what is seared into my mind are the images of those who have perished since the 1979 revolution. I was just 13 years old then. Entire...

Video purportedly shows Iranian missile hitting Ukraine airliner before crash
Jan10

Video purportedly shows Iranian missile hitting Ukraine airliner before crash

The video emerged shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian intelligence suggested the plane crash was likely caused by an Iranian missile. …read more Source:: Global...

Will Trump change his tune now it seems a missile downed the Ukraine plane?
Jan10

Will Trump change his tune now it seems a missile downed the Ukraine plane?

Some Canadians might have thought Donald Trump would change his response to Iran after news a missile downed a Ukraine jet. Perhaps we shouldn’t hope too hard. …read more Source:: Toronto...

Donald Trump gets impeached—63 Canadians die
Jan10

Donald Trump gets impeached—63 Canadians die

Every action has consequences. It’s one of the first things our parents teach us when we’re young. Often, the consequences aren’t immediate or obvious. And, often, they set in motion a chain of actions and reactions that go places, sometimes tragic places we could never predict. Consider this. On Dec. 18, the U.S. House of...

Trudeau confirms missile strike as likely cause of plane crash: Full transcript
Jan10

Trudeau confirms missile strike as likely cause of plane crash: Full transcript

(In French) Hello everyone, and thank you for being with us. Across the country, I continue to discover the stories of those who lost their lives in the plane crash yesterday in Iran. I think about the victims and their families and of the communities who are mourning those losses. What happened yesterday is a tragedy. It not only shocked Canada...

Over 20 Canadian universities and colleges mourn students, faculty killed in Iran plane crash
Jan10

Over 20 Canadian universities and colleges mourn students, faculty killed in Iran plane crash

The downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 has left more than 20 Canadian universities and colleges grieving the loss of students and faculty. …read more Source:: Global...

Timeline: Canada’s diplomatic relationship with Iran
Jan09

Timeline: Canada’s diplomatic relationship with Iran

Relations between Canada and Iran have frayed and been mended many times in the decades before the deadly crash of the Ukraine International Airlines flight. …read more Source:: Global...

What caused the Ukrainian plane crash, and why Canada should investigate
Jan09

What caused the Ukrainian plane crash, and why Canada should investigate

Aviation accident investigators don’t jump to conclusions. They may speculate wildly behind closed doors as they solve their airborne mysteries, but they do not typically shoot from the hip. Which is why after a Ukrainian International Airlines flight carrying 63 Canadians crashed in Iran, one response quoted all around the world was so...

Canada presses Iran to grant access to Ukrainian jet crash investigation
Jan09

Canada presses Iran to grant access to Ukrainian jet crash investigation

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne spoke to his Iranian counterpart late last night, pressing him to grant Canadian officials immediate access to the site of the fatal Ukraine International Airlines plane crash that killed all 176 people aboard, including at least 63 Canadians. Most of the passengers on the Kyiv-bound...