Good morning. The U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran enters its third week. More on that below, along with a cybercrime operation and the Bank of Canada’s coming rate decision. Let’s get to it.

The latest: No country stepped forward with a commitment to help keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe” on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump appealed to China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others to send warships to the shipping route. Iran has said the strait is open to all except the United States and its allies, as oil prices continue to soar the longer the war goes on.

Israel: To address online rumours that he was dead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video of himself getting a cup of coffee and chatting with an aide yesterday.

Lebanon: Israel’s controversial scorched-earth strategy, known as the “Dahiya Doctrine,” has been used against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Now the military concept has come back home, so to speak.

At home: Initial investigation determined that criminality was involved in the murder of Masood Masjoody, a critic of the Iranian regime, whose remains were located March 6 in Mission, B.C.

What’s next: There are no signs of attacks slowing down after this weekend as Israel said it continued to strike Iran, and Iran continued to fire missiles toward Israel. Meanwhile, the war comes home in the form of higher energy prices – and Canada’s energy superpower status can’t fully protect us. Here’s why.

The latest: At a summit in Oslo, the leaders of Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland announced plans to band together and form a bloc of middle powers to influence world affairs. They released a joint statement that was long on generalities about meeting more regularly and deepening co-operation in a range of areas, but short on specifics.

What’s next: Prime Minister Mark Carney ended his three-day trip to Norway Sunday and heads to London for a meeting on Monday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and an audience with King Charles III.

What else: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre argued Sunday that Canada has no alternative to the American auto market and he unveiled a new auto plan aiming to secure tariff-free access to the U.S., saying he expects Trump to agree.

The latest: Long before Reddit threads, relationship podcasts or virtual therapists, there was the advice column. And at The Globe and Mail, advice has been part of the editorial fabric for nearly a century. Often dismissed as fluff or filler, these pages were shaping public discourse. The humble advice column helped reshape not just journalism but the way readers understood their private lives.

What’s next: Real Talk is a new relationship advice column featuring questions from readers and answers from experts. The first reader asks: How can I find a path back to my estranged daughter?

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