World Report

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says today will be the most intense day of strikes on Iran.
Israel launches new wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah, more than 100,000 people in Lebanon register as displaced today alone.
Persian Gulf countries continue to come under ballistic missile attacks from Iran.
Toronto Police say someone discharged a firearm at the U-S Consulate.
Parent from Tumbler Ridge BC files civil lawsuit against Open AI, parent company of Chat GPT, after daughter injured in school shooting.
TikTok and Canadian government reach agreement to allow Chinese-owned company to maintain physical presence in Canada.
CBC Exclusive: Canadian-led business fuelled Myanmar’s civil war with ‘blood pearls,’ despite international sanctions.

US President Donald Trump says he is not happy with appointment of Mojtaba ‌Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader.
G7 leaders are meeting today via video conference as the price of oil spikes considerably.
Crude oil prices spike near $120 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping.
New tuition scam left woman with $37K in fraudulent charges – and no help from bank, police or school.
More than 100 graphic novels removed from Alberta school shelves under new government policy.
Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse overshadowed by US president Donald Trump's threats to Greenland.

Explosions ring out today at an oil depot in southern Tehran as Israel says it is targeting Iran's energy resources.
Israel is issuing an evacuation alert this morning for residents of southern Lebanon.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the war in the Middle East never should have happened.
Canadians continue to leave the mid-east, many through Dubai despite sporadic closures due to the war.
Canadian women participating in the UN's Commission on the Status of Women warn about backsliding on women's progress.
The prime minister announces byelections for three ridings on April 13 - two in the Toronto area, and one in Montreal.
Canada wins its first gold medal of the Paralympic Games, bringing the total to 6.

The war in the middle east is intensifying this morning with new waves of bombing throughout the region.
US President Donald Trump insists that Washington will not be making any deal with Iran.
The prime minister is returning from Japan today, but as he left, he says Canada supports removing the former Prince Andrew from the line of Royal succession.
And Canada has won three medals already at the Paralympic Games, which just get underway today - two silvers and a bronze.
Police investigating reports of shots fired at two Toronto-area synagogues.
Dubai airport partially reopens after an Iranian attack but it's not clear whether that's affecting plans to fly some Canadians out today.

Israeli airstrikes hammer southern Beirut as Hezbollah warns Israeli border towns to evacuate.
The U.S. and Israel vow to "surge" attacks as the war in Iran enters a second week with no clear endgame.
Canada’s top general says the military may help defend Gulf allies as PM Carney refuses to rule out future involvement in the Iran war.
Prime Minister Mark Carney signs a major security and trade pact in Tokyo that opens the door for Japanese military training in the Canadian Arctic.
Toronto doctor faces dozens of sex crime charges, including voyeurism, sexual assault, and child pornography.
The Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics officially open in Verona as Team Canada prepares for its first day of competition.