Iran Enters Blackout As Protests Spread Nationwide
Iran’s internet disruption is registering as a regional connectivity shock that deepens into a de facto digital blackout in at least one province, while protests continue to spread and operational aviation notices stack up across January into March. NetBlocks data for the region shows sharp divergence across provinces at the latest timestamp, with Hamadan Province […]
Freeland Sets Friday Resignation Date, Ending 13-Year Parliamentary Career
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland will vacate her seat in Parliament on Friday, January 9, confirming the end of her 13-year career as a member of the House of Commons. Freeland announced the specific resignation date on Wednesday in a social media post, two days after saying she would leave Parliament “in the coming weeks” to […]
GM Books $6B EV Impairment, Pivots Orion To ICE
General Motors (NYSE: GM) is taking a $6 billion impairment charge tied to electric-vehicle investments that are no longer expected to generate profits as originally planned, disclosing the hit in an SEC filing on Thursday. The automaker described the charge as an impairment, a reset to reflect assets that are now expected to be less […]
Canada Leverages Submarine Deal For Auto Manufacturing Guarantees
South Korean and German officials face an unusual condition in their competition to build Canada’s next submarine fleet: commitments from their countries’ automakers to expand manufacturing operations in Canada. Senior executives from Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean plan to visit Canada later this month alongside South Korean government officials for meetings with Prime Minister Mark Carney, […]
Dell Drops AI-First Marketing as Consumers Show No Interest
Dell Technologies reversed its AI-first marketing strategy at CES 2026 after concluding that consumers show little interest in purchasing computers based on artificial intelligence features. “What we’ve learned over the course of this year, especially from a consumer perspective, is they’re not buying based on AI,” Kevin Terwilliger, Dell’s head of product, told PC Gamer […]
Deloitte Cuts Canada Growth Forecast to 1.5% for 2026
Canada’s economy will expand more slowly than previously expected this year, with growth hampered by trade uncertainty and cautious business investment, according to a forecast released Wednesday by Deloitte Canada. The consulting firm now expects GDP to grow 1.5% in 2026, marking a downgrade from its earlier projection of 1.7%. Chief economist Dawn Desjardins frames […]
Ford Wants More Pipelines: “Canada Can’t Afford To Wait”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is joining the call for new pipelines by tying Canada’s growth and export strategy to “pipelines in every direction,” built by Canadian workers using Canadian steel to reach customers beyond North America. Ford’s intervention lands as Canadian bank CEOs publicly argue Ottawa must accelerate “nation-building” approvals after the US capture of […]
Glencore Confirms Talks With Rio On All-Share Merger Deal
Glencore has confirmed it is in talks with Rio Tinto about a possible combination of some or all of their businesses, a structure that could include an all-share merger between the two mining giants. The talks point straight at the industry’s core profit pools and strategic bottlenecks, with copper, coal, and iron ore explicitly framed […]
Antimony Resources Drills 8.48% Sb Over 3 Metres, 2.07% Sb Over 27 Metres At Bald Hill
Antimony Resources (CSE: ATMY) has released further assay results from a drill program conducted at their Bald Hill Antimony Project in New Brunswick. The drill program, conducted this past fall, was a phase two program.
Torex Gold Misses 2025 Guidance With 376,586 Ounces Of Gold Equivalent Production
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) last night after the bell released their fourth quarter and full year 2025 production results. The quarter represented the second quarter in which Media Luna contributed to production. Total production in the fourth quarter amounted to 115,066 ounces of gold equivalent, which was comprised of 93,557 ounces of gold, 454,200 ounces […]