Iran War

• RCMP, CSIS reviewing Vancouver company accused of ties to Hezbollah, minister says

  The RCMP and CSIS are looking into the company, which remains active in Canada despite being sanctioned by the U.S.

  Canada

  Mar 25
  
• Iran rejects Trump’s ceasefire proposal as strikes continue across region

  Two officials from Pakistan described the U.S. proposal broadly, saying it addressed sanctions relief, a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

  World

  Mar 25
  
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• Netanyahu races to avoid snap election, with no boost in polls from Iran war

  One way to force snap elections would be to let parliament fail to pass the budget by March 31, which under Israeli law would trigger a vote within 90 days.

  World

  Mar 25
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• Iran war could increase grocery costs in B.C.; fuel prices remain high

  As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran continues, consumers should brace higher grocery costs. One expert says the hardest hit items are expected to include meat, dairy and seafood.

  Economy

  Mar 23
• U.S. will hold off strikes on Iran’s power plants for 5 days, Trump says

  U.S. President Donald Trump said that the suspension of his threat to attack power plants was “subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.”

  World

  Mar 23
• Fuel, food rebates ‘would not bring down’ prices amid Iran war: economists

  The Iran war has raised the price of crude oil beyond US$110 per barrel in international markets, spurring affordability concerns in Canada and around the world.

  Economy

  Mar 20
• Iran threatens recreational, tourist sites worldwide as war rages on

  The Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait, which can process some 730,000 barrels of oil per day, is one of the largest in the Middle East.

  World

  Mar 20
• Sugar prices hit five-month high amid Iran war disruptions

  Rising energy prices could prompt cane mills in top grower Brazil to raise ethanol output and lower sugar production. Ethanol is a cane-based biofuel.

  Consumer

  Mar 19
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• Trump threatens to ‘massively blow up’ world’s largest natural gas field

  The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring and risked drawing Iran’s Arab neighbours directly into the conflict.

  World

  Mar 19
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• U.S. eases Venezuela oil sanctions amid Iran war energy crisis

  U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war. The Treasury issued a broad authorization allowing Petróleos de Venezuela S.A, or PDVSA,...

  World

  Mar 18