As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Part One
Iran crash: Toronto victim
He lost his sister, her husband and their young daughter when their plane crashed in Iran today. Omid Arsalani is just one of many mourning the deaths of at least 63 Canadians aboard.
Iran crash: Tehran victim
Hamid Mehr was a close friend to Shadi Jamshidi, who lived in Toronto and died in today's plane crash in Tehran.
Iran crash aviation expert
As the investigation into what caused the Ukrainian passenger plane to crash continues, one aviation expert worries it will be hampered by the tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Part Two
Iran crash: Erin O'Toole
Conservative MP Erin O'Toole says he's confident Canadians will learn what brought down the passenger plane in Tehran — despite the lack of diplomatic ties between Canada and Iran.
Iran bombs Iraq
A former American negotiator with Iran says his country is to blame for the recent escalations — but he says after the assassination of the country's top general, there is no way Iranian leaders would sit down with Americans again.
Part Three
Iran crash: Guelph victim
Ghanimat Azhdari had just begun her PhD at Guelph University, and was helping to document the territories of Iran's Indigenous people. Her academic supervisor says her death — and that of other passengers aboard a flight that crashed in Tehran this morning — is a loss to all Canadians.
Romance writers kerfuffle
After a Chinese-American romance writer accuses a fellow novelist of racism, the fallout results in the cancellation of the industry's biggest awards gala.