A group of four young Canadians hoping to change the world were among those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash over the weekend, leaving a "gaping hole" in their United Nations team and the wider environmental community. The delegation, which included Micah Messent from Vancouver Island, B.C., was on its way to the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya. "These were young optimists who believed that they were changing the world for the better," said Kate White, president and CEO of the United Nations Association in Canada. Danielle Moore, Micah Messent and Angela Rehhorn, pictured here standing next to the UN flag, were part of a youth delegation of environmentalists. Stéphanie Lacroix, who worked with the United Nations Association in Canada, was heading the small delegation on its way to the assembly.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2019 21:56 UTC