Alberta Courts China’s Top Trans Mountain Buyer for New Pipeline Deal

Alberta has approached Rongsheng Petrochemical Co., China’s biggest buyer of crude from the Trans Mountain Pipeline, about signing a binding contract to purchase oil from the province’s proposed new pipeline to British Columbia, Bloomberg has reported. The outreach puts a specific face on Premier Danielle Smith’s push to find Asian buyers before Trump administration tariffs […]

Canada Explores 140-Jet Mixed Fleet of F-35s and Canadian Built Gripens

Canada is quietly sizing up a fighter fleet far larger than anything it has publicly committed to, potentially 140 aircraft, combining Lockheed Martin F-35s with Saab Gripen-E jets built on Canadian soil. CBC News reported the figure, citing sources with direct knowledge of discussions between Saab and Ottawa. “There could easily be a fleet of […]

Only 19% Of Albertans Want To Vote On The Separatism Referendum

Alberta’s separation campaign is gaining institutional attention without clear evidence of provincewide demand, turning the province’s October referendum path into a political-risk exercise rather than a straightforward independence surge. The latest Ipsos poll shows the hard exit option would begin far behind. In a hypothetical binding referendum, separation drew 18% support, while 72% of Albertans […]

Paramount Skydance Faces Imminent State Antitrust Challenge Over Warner Bros. Acquisition

Senior officials in roughly 10 states are drafting an antitrust complaint to block Paramount Skydance’s (NASDAQ: PSKY) $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD), with a potential filing as soon as this month. State officials have been focused on how the combined company would affect its bargaining power over filmmakers and TV producers. […]

Senate Passes $70B Immigration Bill 52-47

The U.S. Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill early Friday, voting 52-47 and handing the Trump administration a win it nearly fumbled over a fight that had nothing to do with the border. The measure now goes to the House, which is not expected to take it up before next week. Nearly all […]

ISS Sees Shelter In Place Order Lifted After Repairs Made To Air Leaks

Two new air leaks erupted inside the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module on Friday morning, forcing NASA to order all four Crew-12 astronauts into their docked Crew Dragon and suit up for a possible emergency evacuation. The shelter-in-place order came at 9:04 a.m. ET, the latest, and most acute, flare-up in a months-long standoff […]

Gold Crashes to $4,350 as U.S. Job Numbers Surge Past Forecasts

Gold cratered to $4,350 per ounce after a blowout U.S. jobs report shattered expectations and forced traders to rethink how much rate relief the Federal Reserve will deliver this year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 172,000 nonfarm payroll additions in May, more than double the economist consensus of approximately 85,000. April’s count was revised […]