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In the news today: Carney meets Starmer, high fuel costs, Canadians win Oscars

Mark Carney discusses rising fuel costs and disrupted trade routes with UK leaders, highlighting challenges for Canadian small businesses with limited financial reserves, officials say.

  • On March 17, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles in London and will stay in contact with staff despite his vacation.
  • The war in Iran has disrupted global supply chains and Persian Gulf exports, while Dan Kelly says small businesses find rising gas prices "pretty hard to swallow".
  • Canadian animators swept the Oscars with Maggie Kang winning best animated feature and Montreal filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski crediting Canada’s cultural funding and craftspeople.
  • A Saskatoon teen is due to be sentenced today after both Crown and defence lawyers recommended the maximum youth sentence of three years, and court heard the victim suffered severe harm.
  • Advocates in Toronto warn the city’s three renovation proposals could sideline the Barbara Hall Park AIDS memorial, endorsing the grassroots Echoes project instead.
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In the news today: Carney meets Starmer, high fuel costs, Canadians win Oscars

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Monday, March 16, 2026.
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