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Tehran crash: Eight of those who perished were Ottawans returning home
Jan09

Tehran crash: Eight of those who perished were Ottawans returning home

At least eight Ottawa residents have been identified among the 176 people who died on a Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed in Iran. Read More …read more Source:: Ottawa...

138 passengers on Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran were headed for Canada
Jan09

138 passengers on Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran were headed for Canada

Most of the passengers on a doomed Ukrainian flight from Tehran to Kyiv that crashed on the outskirts of the Iranian capital shortly after takeoff early Wednesday morning, killing all 176 people on board, were heading to Canada, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Millions of Canadians were shocked and saddened by the news of the fatal air crash,...

Tehran crash: ‘He always had a smile’ — Friends mourn loss of Kanata entrepreneur
Jan09

Tehran crash: ‘He always had a smile’ — Friends mourn loss of Kanata entrepreneur

Alireza Pey was returning to Ottawa from a trip to visit his ailing father when he got aboard doomed Ukraine International Airline flight 752 in Tehran on Tuesday. Read More …read more Source:: Ottawa...

Tehran plane crash claims life of Calgary high school student
Jan09

Tehran plane crash claims life of Calgary high school student

Arshia Arbabbahrami, a Grade 12 student at Western Canada High School, died when his flight, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran. …read more Source:: Global...

A look at some of the Canadians who died in Iran plane crash
Jan09

A look at some of the Canadians who died in Iran plane crash

The federal government says at least 63 Canadians were among the 176 people who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran. Friends and family in Canada were left to consult a passenger list the airline released to learn if their loved ones were among the dead. Here is a look at some of...

Flight PS752: Crashed jet was ‘one of the best’ in Ukraine airline’s fleet
Jan08

Flight PS752: Crashed jet was ‘one of the best’ in Ukraine airline’s fleet

The Ukrainian passenger jet which crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran was just three-and-a-half-years old and had been serviced on Monday. …read more Source:: CTV...

Tory MP urges Iran to grant access after plane crash as PM pledges probe support
Jan08

Tory MP urges Iran to grant access after plane crash as PM pledges probe support

The Conservative defence critic says he doesn’t want the Iranian government to block access to investigators from Canada or any other countries that lost people in Wednesday’s plane crash near Tehran. “I would encourage the Iranian regime to co-operate with the international investigation, and in particular allow Canada, Ukraine and...

Tory MP urges Iran to grant access after plane crash as PM pledges probe support
Jan08

Tory MP urges Iran to grant access after plane crash as PM pledges probe support

OTTAWA — The Conservative defence critic says he doesn’t want the Iranian government to block access to investigators from Canada or any other countries that lost people in Wednesday’s plane crash near Tehran. “I would encourage the Iranian regime to co-operate with the international investigation, and in particular allow...

Canada would like a government now, please
Jan08

Canada would like a government now, please

Events, dear boy, events. We are promised a news conference later today with the prime minister, and it’s a good thing too, because the questions are starting to pile up. Ottawa woke Wednesday to two shocks. At home, news of a shooting in the capital’s residential downtown core. A domestic dispute, it seems; more of a municipal...

63 Canadians dead in Iran plane crash
Jan08

63 Canadians dead in Iran plane crash

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed his government will get answers after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed, killing 63 Canadians, just minutes after taking off from Iran’s capital. The flight included many international students and a family of four. Trudeau said Wednesday his foreign minister is in touch with the...