Approximately 500 puppies landed at Pearson International Airport last month. Thirty-eight were found dead on arrival, and many others were dehydrated, weak or vomiting.

The Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down on Jan. 8 by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people in what Tehran termed a "disastrous mistake" at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.

About 5,000 houses in 187 villages remained flooded as of Wednesday morning, according to an emergency service report.

The flight was carrying about 500 puppies, many of which were dehydrated, weak or vomiting, according to the CFIA.

Families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 expressed frustration Tuesday at the lack of progress as they launched a new group aimed at remembering their loved ones and pressing for those responsible to be brought to justice.

Canada has had soldiers training local forces in Ukraine since 2015, but the mission was temporarily suspended in early April as COVID-19 forced countries around the world into lockdown.

Hamed Esmaeilion, who lost his wife and nine-year-old daughter in the crash, says he wants the Canadian government to pursue Iran in the International Court of Justice because he says the regime is trying to prevent any meaningful investigation of the tragedy.

In a small hotel on the outskirts of Kiev, 51 babies born to surrogate mothers are stranded in Ukraine as the virus lockdown is preventing parents from collecting them.

Canada and other countries had been waiting months for Iran to hand over the flight recorders from the doomed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 so their data can be downloaded and analyzed.

Most of the returning troops, who are being housed at the same hotel as hundreds of Canadians repatriated from overseas, are from Edmonton.