A Vancouver Island man was among the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday that .
Micah Messent, of Courtenay, had been selected to join a delegation from the United Nations Association in Canada to the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, this week.
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That post went up on Saturday. Dozens of friends and family congratulated him, saying how happy they were for him. At around 2 p.m. on Sunday, dozens more messages of condolence and heartbreak filled the page.
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Messent worked as an Indigenous relations analyst for the B.C Ministry of Environment.
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The UN Environment Assembly said in a statement online that staff were making provisions to help the victims香蕉视频直播� families.
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The First Nations Leadership Council offered its condolences in a press release Monday afternoon.
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Premier John Horgan also offered his condolences.
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