Over Half Of Ottawa’s $28.9M Clean Tech Push Is Going To Carbon Capture
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is allocating $28.9 million through Canada’s Energy Innovation Program for a slate of green initiatives, with carbon capture, utilization and storage emerging as the clear priority by dollar value. The largest portion of the funding will go to five carbon capture, utilization and storage projects. Within that group, two Saskatchewan […]
Codelco Warns Middle East War Will Raise Copper Production Costs by 5%
Codelco, the world’s top copper supplier, has warned that disruptions from the Middle East war will increase its production costs by approximately 5%, marking one of the first concrete inflation estimates from a major miner. The state-owned Chilean company pegs the added burden at about 10 cents per pound, pushing its current cash cost of […]
Fuel Crisis Hits Western Australia Gold Mine as Blue Cap Mining Halts Operations
Blue Cap Mining, a privately owned mining contractor in Western Australia, has been forced to stand down about two-thirds of its 180-strong fly-in fly-out workforce due to severe fuel shortages impacting the state’s diesel-reliant resources sector. The crisis, exacerbated by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, has left the company with less than two weeks’ […]
Downtown Toronto Fire Triggers Explosions, Shuts Key Streets
A possible explosion sparked a major fire on the roof of a building under construction in downtown Toronto on Friday evening, sending thick black smoke into the sky and prompting a swift response from emergency crews. Toronto Fire Services rushed to the scene near Richmond Street W. and John Street shortly after 6 p.m. EDT, […]
Trump Floats ‘Strait of Trump’ Name for Vital Oil Chokepoint
Donald Trump has proposed renaming the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping lane, as the ‘Strait of Trump.’ The provocative suggestion, made during a recent public appearance, underscores his penchant for personal branding even in matters of international geopolitical significance. The Strait of Hormuz, located between Iran and Oman, serves as a conduit […]
Toronto Votes 21-3 to Launch 4 Public Grocery Stores in Low-Income Areas
Toronto city council has greenlit a pioneering plan to establish four municipally operated grocery stores, aiming to ease the burden of soaring food costs for residents in underserved neighborhoods. The vote, passing 21-3 on March 26, 2026, marks a bold step to address food insecurity in Canada’s largest city. Spearheaded by Councillor Anthony Perruzza of […]
Yuan, Not Dollars: Iran’s Hormuz Toll Booth Picks Its Currency
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has begun accepting yuan-denominated passage fees in the Strait of Hormuz, routing payments through Chinese maritime intermediaries while Tehran’s parliament advances legislation to make the practice permanent, shipping intelligence firm Lloyd’s List confirmed Thursday. The system — which maritime analysts have labeled the “Tehran Toll Booth” — runs through IRGC-linked […]
Did Trump Lie About Iran ‘Gifting’ the US 8 (or 10?) ‘Boats of Oil’?
President Donald Trump told his Cabinet on Thursday that Iran allowed eight to 10 oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a goodwill gesture in back-channel negotiations — but tanker tracking data found no evidence supporting that number, raising questions about the basis for one of Trump’s most prominent diplomatic claims of […]
Liberals Table Bill C-25 To Curb Long Election Ballots
The Liberal government is moving to curb oversized election ballots through Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act, by tightening nomination rules that the Longest Ballot Committee has used to crowd high-profile races with protest candidates. The bill focuses on the nomination process rather than ballot design itself, aiming to block repeat tactics that […]
Meta Loses $130 Billion in a Day After Back-to-Back Child Safety Verdicts
Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) lost approximately $130 billion in market capitalization on Thursday after back-to-back jury verdicts found the company legally responsible for harming young users — rulings that investors fear could expose the social media giant to hundreds of billions of dollars in future liability. Meta’s stock closed down nearly 8% Thursday, its steepest […]