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The U.S. on Thursday issued new Iran-related sanctions, targeting one individual and several entities including a Chinese “teapot” oil refinery for purchasing and processing Iranian crude oil, the Treasury Department website showed. It was Washington’s fourth round of sanctions on Iran’s oil sales since President Donald Trump said in February he was re-imposing a “maximum pressure” campaign including efforts to drive down the exports to zero. Trump aims to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and funding militant groups. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. China is the largest importer of Iranian oil.The refi...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a federal election no later than Sunday, Global News has confirmed. Carney will make the call to avoid facing the required return of a prorogued Parliament on Monday. That’s the date the House of Commons is set to reconvene, with opposition parties vowing to vote non-confidence in the Liberals at the earliest opportunity.The earliest a federal election can be held is 37 days after it is called, and no later than 51 days after.The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that Carney will call the election Sunday for a vote to be held on April 28. The Globe cited two anonymous sources who were not authorized to speak to the media. Global News, though, has been to...

By Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted March 19, 2025 6:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s government is proposing a law it says would ban federal employees from going on any oil-related sites — from wellheads to corporate head offices — but the NDP says it’s an illegal and performative distraction. Premier Danielle Smith said the goal is to keep federal staffers away from any place where oil and gas production and emissions data might be located.Smith said the Critical Infrastructure Defence Amendment Act is necessary because she doesn’t trust how the federal g...

The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses to cover Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne said costs for travel have “risen considerably,” as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events.Byrne also said in recent years, media outlets have chosen to tag staff from local bureaus to cover events rather than fly journalists from Ottawa across the country for the entire duration of the campaign.Byrne said her team wants to stress that the campaign will ensure “strong, fair, and equitable media access.”For decades, federal election campaigns for the main political parties have provided seats on leaders’ tours, with the media organizations paying the party ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian parents will receive the latest child benefits from the federal government this week. March payments of the Canada Child Benefit will roll out Thursday to eligible families with children under the age of 18 years.The tax-free monthly payments are calculated based on the adjusted family net income, as reported in the previous year’s tax return, as well as the number of children and their ages, according to the Canada Revenue Agency.The CCB amounts were increased by 4.7 per cent in July 2024 after a routine annual recalculation based on a family’s net income from the previous year and inflation.Maximum monthly amounts have remained unchanged since then and will be recalculated in Ju...

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said U.S. President Donald Trump is right in saying that Liberals would be “easier for him to deal with” as a trade war between Canada and the United States continues. In an interview with Fox News Tuesday night, Trump called Canada “one of the nastiest countries to deal with,” but added that he “would rather deal with a Liberal than a Conservative.”“The Conservative that’s running is stupidly no friend of mine,” Trump said about Poilievre.“He said negative things, so when he says negative things, I couldn’t care less.“I think it’s easier to deal actually with a Liberal and maybe they’re going to win, but I don’t really care. It doesn’t matter to me at all.”At a press conference in Sudbury, Ont., Poilievre responded to Trump’s remarks, touting him...

The mayor of Canada’s largest city and economic capital says she supports removing American flags “wherever possible.” The office of Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow told Global News in a statement Wednesday that Chow is OK with the measure, which some municipalities in Ontario are starting to adopt.“We are proudly Canadian and will never be the 51st state,” her office said.“Mayor Chow supports removing U.S. flags wherever possible during this senseless trade war.”Chow’s comments come amid U.S. President Donald Trump‘s continued threats to annex Canada and make it America’s 51st state. The White House is also in the midst of a bitter trade and tariff dispute with its neighbour.Those threats have seen the U.S. anthem booed at sporting events across the country, including during the 4 Nations Face-...