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I’ve been trying to put into words how big a tragedy the Ukraine Airlines crash is for Canada.

To say it’s huge or massive just isn’t enough.

So forget the details.

Here’s what it FEELS like – in communities across the country.

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In the morning, I learned a family friend had passed away. My parents had known him for decades.

When I WhatsApp’d my mom to tell her, this is what she replied.

(ilwil is an abbreviation for “to God do we belong and to him we return” – Muslims say it when someone passes away)
Around 9am, my son went to school.

When he got there, the admin announced one of his schoolmates was on board. Students were in tears. They made counselors available.

Today, the flag at school is flying at half-mast.

He was only 18.
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