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    Canada 'Shocked And Saddened' After Jet Crash Kills 63 Canadians

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the plane crash in Tehran that killed 176 people "heartbreaking." One newspaper reported that nearly half of the Canadians who died are from the Edmonton area.
    by Brakkton Booker Jan 08, 2020 3 minutes

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered his "deepest condolences" to those mourning the 176 people — including 63 Canadians — who died in a plane crash Wednesday morning in Iran.

    The jetliner, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, plummeted shortly after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. Everyone on board was killed. The crash was one of the worst aviation disasters involving Canadian loss of life in the nation's history.

    "I was deeply shocked and saddened," Trudeau said Wednesday. "On behalf

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