Iran plane crash

Canada to give $25,000 to families of each Canadian who died on Flight PS752

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will pay families $25,000 for each of the 57 Canadian citizens and 29 permanent residents who died when Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet last week. Trudeau...

Top Iran leader: Trump is a 'clown' who will betray Iranians

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's supreme leader said President Donald Trump is a "clown" who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will "push a poisonous dagger" into their backs, as he struck a defiant...

Ontario creates scholarships to honour victims of Iran plane crash

Ontario is creating 57 new post-secondary scholarships to honour the victims of the Iran plane crash that left no survivors last week. Premier Doug Ford says in a statement that a new government fund...

Canada leads talks on ensuring Iranian co-operation on crash probe, compensation

Foreign ministers from Canada and other countries who lost citizens in the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner are discussing the tools they might need to use to force Iran to co-operate with them if...

Honouring the memory of those lost in the Iran crash

Pam Seatle talks to students and staff at the U of T after a moment of silence was held across the country to honour the victims of the Iran plane crash and finds out how the university plans to honour the victims.

Canada leads push for answers about Iran crash

Canadian officials are in Iran this week, as an investigation gets underway into the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane. Caryn Ceolin with the promise the Canadian government is making to grieving families and how Canada is leading the international push for answers.

Ryerson holds moment of silence for Iran crash victims

Students at Ryerson University paused on Wednesday to remember those killed in the Ukraine International Airlines jet that crashed in Iran last week.

Canada seeking official status in Tehran crash probe, Garneau says

Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada is demanding official status in Iran's investigation of the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines jet in Tehran last week. Iran admits its air-defence...

Iran warns Europe as diplomat says officials 'lied' on crash

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president warned Wednesday that European soldiers in the Mideast "could be in danger" after three nations challenged Tehran over breaking the limits of its nuclear deal. Tehran's...

Sadness and silence grips Canada's universities in honour of plane crash victims

A sombre silence fell across Canadian university campuses Wednesday as the institutions honoured the 176 lives lost in a plane crash in Iran last week. Many students, faculty and researchers from more...