Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Ariel Rabinovitch
Publication Date: March 18, 2026 - 09:46
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Bank of Canada holds interest rates as Iran war rattles global economies
March 18, 2026
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark lending rate at 2.25 per cent, but Governor Tiff Macklem is keeping an eye on how the Iran war could impact Canada's economy.
Unpublished Newswire
COMPTON, CA — On a quiet street in the notorious Los Angeles district of Compton, Calif., the first man ever to come to bat for Toronto’s newborn baseball franchise grants his first interview in nearly half a century: Go back to Thursday, April 7, 1977, and here is John Henry Scott snowshoeing to home plate in his superfly sideburns and his virgin white No. 11 on a
frosty and historic afternoon.
Now, in Scott’s bungalow on the eve of the...
March 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Allen Abel | National Post
A Kurdish immigrant convicted of smuggling $35 million worth of opium into Canada has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and is at risk of being deported to Iran for his crimes.
Sohrab Hanareh-Mafarani, 53, a permanent resident of Canada who came here in 2010, was found guilty in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice of importing opium, possession of opium for the purpose of trafficking, conspiracy to import opium and conspiracy to possess opium for the purpose of trafficking.
“Mr. Hanareh-Mafarani, along with several other individuals, was involved in the shipment of over 500...
March 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Alberta doctors will be explicitly banned from raising assisted death with a patient without the person first bringing it up, according to
a new bill tabled in the province
on Wednesday.
The goal is to ensure the potentially life-ending decisions are “initiated and driven” by people...
March 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
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