Putin’s New Law Puts Foreign Arrests On A Security Clock
The next government asked to detain a Russian national on a warrant Moscow rejects may now face a problem larger than extradition paperwork: Russia has given itself a domestic legal route to treat that detention as a security matter. President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russian forces to be used outside the country […]
Iran Says No Hormuz Toll, But Proposes “Environment Tax” Charged On Ships
Iran’s proposed “environmental tax” on ships using the Strait of Hormuz creates a practical problem before it creates a pricing problem: no major shipper, insurer, bank, or charterer can assess the charge without knowing who collects it, what service is being sold, and whether the money reaches a sanctioned Iranian entity. That is the unresolved […]
Massie Vows Epstein Files Release After Losing Republican Primary
The Epstein files dispute is no longer only about disclosure, but about whether the Justice Department’s accounting can satisfy Congress after millions of pages were reviewed, millions were released, and critics still say the public record remains incomplete. The Department of Justice said on January 30 that it had published more than 3 million additional […]
Pembina Greenlights Heartland Extraction Plant With Late-2029 Target, Dow Anchor Deal
Pembina Pipeline (TSX: PPL) has sanctioned the $570 million Heartland Extraction Plant, a new 750 million cubic feet per day straddle facility on the Yellowhead Pipeline that nearly doubles the company’s ethane commitment to Dow. The greenlight, anchored by a long-term supply deal tied to Dow’s Path2Zero project, pushes Pembina’s total ethane deliveries to the […]
Caroline Mulroney to Leave Ford Cabinet and York-Simcoe Seat in Ontario Legislature
Caroline Mulroney on Monday handed Doug Ford one of his most consequential cabinet vacancies in years. Ontario’s Treasury Board president and francophone affairs minister will resign from both her portfolio and her York-Simcoe seat on June 5, closing an eight-year run at Queen’s Park that touched nearly every major corner of provincial government. The decision, […]
Trump Ties Iran Peace Deal to Mandatory Abraham Accords Expansion
US President Donald Trump told leaders across the Muslim world that signing the Abraham Accords should be a condition of any peace settlement with Iran, and that Saudi Arabia and Qatar should sign on immediately. If the pitch lands, it would be the most sweeping realignment the framework has seen since its 2020 launch. Trump […]
Taseko Mines Proposes Rebrand to Trekor Metals
Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO) is preparing to retire a name that has been on its shingle for the better part of three decades. The copper producer announced Monday that it will ask shareholders to approve a corporate rebrand to Trekor Metals Limited at its upcoming annual general meeting on June 24. Management framed the […]
Tim Hortons Wants 10,000 Local Hires — And Fewer Temporary Foreign Workers
Tim Hortons kicked off a national hiring campaign on Monday aimed at filling 10,000 positions with local workers, framing the drive as a deliberate step back from a Temporary Foreign Worker program the chain once lobbied hard to expand. Of roughly 110,000 people working across the Tim Hortons system in Canada, about 4,000, approximately 3.6% […]
Dynacor’s Largest Shareholder Calls for Board Overhaul Ahead of June AGM
Dynacor Group’s (TSX: DNG) largest shareholder has gone activist, urging fellow holders to withhold votes for all five incumbent directors at the company’s June 19 annual meeting and laying out a sprawling list of governance complaints that the activist says management has refused to answer. iolite Partners Ltd., which holds roughly 7% of the artisanal […]
Kirkland Lake Discoveries Pushes Mirado Boundary 180 Metres South With Visible Gold Hit
Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: KLDC) continues to see its Mirado gold project grow every time the drill bit moves further from the historical resource shell.