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CP NewsAlert: Trudeau says Iran must take full responsibility for jetliner's downing

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Iran must take full responsibility for mistakenly shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 civilians on board, including 57 Canadians. ...

Jan 11, 2020

Questions surrounding cause of plane crash stir fear, confusion among mourners

Mounting questions surrounding the circumstances of a plane crash outside Tehran that left no survivors fuelled confusion, fear and anger Thursday among those grieving the deaths of doz...

Jan 11, 2020

10 years after, Michaelle Jean laments flawed response to devastating Haiti quake

MONTREAL - Former governor general Michaelle Jean vividly remembers the shock of seeing the country of her birth after it was hit by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. "It was as if...

Jan 11, 2020

Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...

Jan 11, 2020

A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada

Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Prime Minister...

Jan 11, 2020

Vigils held for plane crash victims and Iran releases report; In The News for Jan. 9

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 9. What we are watching in Canada ... OTT...

Jan 11, 2020

Plane crash victims reflect changing pattern of Iranian migration to Canada

OTTAWA - An outpouring of grief over the deaths of dozens of Iranians with ties to Canada in a plane crash this week underscores the fact that while there may not be official diplomatic relations betw...

Jan 11, 2020

First Nation waits on logging road at centre of pipeline dispute in northern B.C.

HOUSTON, B.C. - About a dozen supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs arrived to help set up a new camp on the side of a snowy logging road that's at the centre of a disputed pipeline ro...

Jan 11, 2020

Canadian medical students call for better education on health and climate change

VANCOUVER - Canadian medical schools have not adequately addressed the urgent need for training related to planetary health and climate change, and members of the Canadian Federation of Medical Studen...

Jan 11, 2020

Newlyweds, professors, students among Edmonton victims of plane crash in Iran

EDMONTON - Amir Samani never got a chance to personally congratulate his two friends on their wedding in Iran and he can't believe that he never will. Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji were ...

Jan 10, 2020