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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Placing mines in the world’s
top oil chokepoint
, the Strait of Hormuz, and threatening to hit any ships that cross it are the latest moves by the Iranian regime in Tehran amid a growing energy crisis that has seen global oil prices rise and fall dramatically.
Normally, 20 million barrels of oil flow through the waterway each day, so experts say there is already a shortage of over 200 million barrels in the global trading system as Gulf nations halt shipping through the strait amid the fighting.
“Twenty million barrels a day was the peak of COVID demand...
March 12, 2026 - 04:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco caught up with Ottawa’s speed skating champion Ivanie Blondin on a recent stop to the club where her Olympic dream began.
March 12, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Over the last several years, the number of Hamilton youth using bear spray in assaults and robberies has been rising, police say.
March 12, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Rapper K'naan, whose real name is Keinan Abdi Warsame, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Quebec City hotel room in 2010. The alleged victim maintained her version of events under cross-examination Wednesday that the performer assaulted her while she was sleeping.
March 12, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A new program in remote First Nations across northwestern Ontario aims to improve access to medical transportation and emergency medical service training. Communities are leading the emergency first response team (EFRT) program in partnership with the air ambulance service Ornge. Here's how the EFRT aims to improve health-care access in fly-in First Nations.
March 12, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Ouch, that one hurts. Read More
March 12, 2026 - 00:10 | Callum Fraser | Ottawa Citizen
