U.S. Lifts Iran Oil Sanctions Immediately Under New Ceasefire Deal
The United States has agreed to lift sanctions on Iranian oil sales as part of the deal signed this week to enter into a ceasefire agreement, giving Tehran an early financial foothold even as Washington ties longer-term relief to Iran’s compliance with key demands. Sanctions waivers are said to take effect upon signing, however it […]
Carney’s Hot Mic Moment With Trump: Is He Pitching Chinese EV?
Canada’s Chinese EV opening is not large enough to flood its auto market but it seems it may still be large enough to test whether Washington sees Ottawa as a partner in North American industrial policy or a weak point in the tariff wall around it. That is the deeper risk behind Prime Minister Mark […]
Admiral Grigorovich Fires Warning Shots at Yacht Near Isle of Wight
Things appear to be heating up between Russia and the United Kingdom, following the boarding of a shadow fleet tanker earlier this week. Earlier today, a Russian frigate is said to have fired warning shots at a yacht in the English Channel, in what British defence officials are treating as an isolated incident amid already […]
Fox Buys Roku In A $22B Deal To Rewire Its Streaming Future
Fox Corporation and Roku reached a definitive agreement for Fox to acquire Roku in a cash-and-stock transaction valuing the streaming platform at about $22 billion in enterprise value. Roku shareholders would receive $160 per share, made up of $96 in cash and 0.9693 Fox Class A shares. After the transaction, existing Fox shareholders are expected […]
Why Canada’s Grocery Code Is Starting With Silence
Canada’s new grocery code has reached its first public checkpoint with a telling imbalance: the industry is registering, responding to surveys, and publicly backing fair-dealing rules, but only a small number of participants have formally raised issues through the system built to surface problems. The Office of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct released its […]
Oil Drops Below $80, But For How Long?
Oil’s drop below $80 is a cleaner headline than it is a clean market signal. WTI fell to $78.27 a barrel on Tuesday, breaking below the psychological level for the first time since early March, according to Reuters. Brent also fell but remained above the same line at $80.69. The immediate trade was built around […]
Canada Hits Russia with New Sanctions Targeting Shadow Fleet and Energy
Canada has announced a new sanctions package against Russia covering 162 individuals, entities, and vessels, with measures directed at the country’s shadow fleet, energy revenues, defence-industrial base, and disinformation apparatus. Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled the package on June 16 during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit […]
SpaceX Acquires AI Coding Startup Cursor in $60B All-Stock Deal
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) is acquiring Anysphere, the startup behind AI coding assistant Cursor, in an all-stock deal valued at $60 billion. The transaction, expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2026, will make Cursor a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The acquisition comes on the heels of SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO […]
Antimony Resources Drills 5.45% Antimony Over 10.3 Metres At Bald Hill
Antimony Resources (CSE: ATMY) has returned another batch of high grade antimony intercepts from the Main Zone at its Bald Hill project, with stibnite-bearing core running as high as 36.0% antimony.
Even Most Albertan’s Don’t Like Pierre Poilievre As Favorability Gap Grows In The Prairies
Pierre Poilievre’s latest polling problem is not just where Canadians dislike him most. It is where Conservatives still need him to be strongest. A new Angus Reid Institute release puts the Conservative leader’s national favourability at 33%, while 60% of Canadians view him unfavourably. But the more revealing split sits inside Alberta and Saskatchewan. Those […]