Unpublished Newswire
The ripple effect of the Iran war has moved beyond oil markets and has now reached everyday consumer goods. The nearly three-month war has triggered shortages affecting smartphones, snack packaging and restaurant kitchens. From monochrome potato chip bags to “Diet Coke parties,” here are five ways the conflict in the Middle East is wreaking havoc on global supply chains. 1. SNACK PACK INK Japanese snack packaging is about to become a lot less vibrant due to a shortage of an ink ingredient. Calbee, Japan’s biggest snack maker with about half of the overall market, said shortages tied to...
May 24, 2026 - 09:30 | Laura Brehaut | National Post
A volunteer firefighter with the Bridgetown Volunteer Fire Department died Thursday evening while fighting a wildfire in Moschelle, Annapolis County.
May 24, 2026 - 09:08 | | CBC News - Canada
Negotiating trade deals — to secure access to global markets for Canadian soybeans, lentils, beef and other marquee agriculture exports, while shielding our own markets from a flood of foreign imports — is front page news. Yet behind the tariff headlines, who is quietly fixing the more immediate problem of better quality, affordable food for Canadian families — especially when sky-high energy prices drive up the cost of producing and transporting it? The answer is the smaller-scale, often family-owned producers in our own backyards. These are the quiet nation-builders. And no, we’re...
May 24, 2026 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
The belief that unhoused people are being paid and provided buses to travel from Vancouver to other communities across British Columbia ahead of the World Cup has taken such a hold in Prince George that the city and multiple councillors have officially come forward to dispel the rumour.
May 24, 2026 - 09:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A 12-person jury has found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder in relation to the disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Hillier-Penney, in 2016.
May 24, 2026 - 08:44 | | CBC News - Canada
May 24, 2026 - 08:35 | | The Globe and Mail
