Canada Unveils C$1 Trillion Plan to Double Electricity Grid Capacity by 2050
Canada has launched a C$1 trillion National Electricity Strategy to double the country’s grid capacity by 2050, addressing an expected surge in electricity demand. Announced on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney framed the ambitious plan as a direct response to industrial growth and technological advancements like AI, which are set to transform energy needs. “As […]
Report: Swiss Nuclear Plants Estimated To Viable for 80 Years
Switzerland has concluded that its nuclear power plants in Goesgen and Leibstadt can remain economically viable for up to 80 years, a full 20 years longer than earlier estimates. This finding, detailed in a recent government report, underscores a strategic pivot to bolster energy security amid evolving regional challenges. The report highlights that the necessary […]
Honda Suspends $15 Billion Ontario EV Plant Amid Weak Demand
Honda’s first ever full year loss came stamped with a US$2.7 billion price tag and a clear message: the company’s electric vehicle ambitions have outrun the market’s appetite to absorb them. That reckoning landed hardest in Ontario, where Honda’s $15-billion EV manufacturing complex has now been suspended indefinitely. The project, first announced in 2024, was […]
Avino Silver & Gold Reports $39.4M In Net Income As Silver Prices Surge
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (TSX: ASM) posted record financial results across nearly every metric in the first quarter of 2026, capitalizing on a silver price environment that lifted realized prices to levels well above what the company saw a year ago. Revenues hit $39.4 million, more than double the $18.8 million reported in Q1 […]
Elemental Royalty Strikes $327 Million Deal for Vizsla Royalties
Another merger is set to occur in the royalty space, with Elemental Royalty (TSX: ELE) agreeing to acquire Vizsla Royalties (TSXV: VROY). The deal, valued at approximately C$327 million, marks the largest single asset transaction in Elemental’s history and its first major move since merging with EMX Royalty. The price tag represents a 31% premium […]
Aya Gold & Silver Sees Net Income Jump To $48.5 Million In First Quarter
Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSX: AYA) opened 2026 with the strongest quarter in its history, riding a sharply higher silver price into record revenue, earnings, and operating cash flow. The company reported Q1 2026 revenue of $117.3 million, up 247% year over year and 56% from $75.3 million in the fourth quarter. The jump […]
US Clears Nvidia H200 Sales to China’s Biggest AI Firms
The Trump administration cleared sales of Nvidia‘s H200 AI chips to approximately 10 major Chinese technology companies on Thursday, according to three people familiar with the matter cited by Reuters — a partial reversal of years of escalating semiconductor export restrictions and the most significant opening of the US-China chip trade since Joe Biden first […]
Latvia’s Government Collapses Over Ukrainian Drone Incident
Latvia’s Prime Minister Evika Siliņa resigned Thursday, triggering the automatic collapse of the country’s three-party coalition and plunging a NATO frontline state into political uncertainty just months before parliamentary elections in October. Siliņa, leader of the centre-right New Unity party, announced her decision at a press briefing Thursday morning, hours after Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis […]
Class Action Accuses OpenAI of Routing ChatGPT Queries to Meta and Google Without User Consent
A California woman has sued OpenAI in federal court, alleging the company embedded Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics tracking codes into ChatGPT.com that silently transmitted users’ chat queries, user IDs, and email addresses to Meta (Nasdaq: META) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) without consent — potentially exposing millions of people’s most sensitive conversations to two of […]
Whistleblower Testifies CIA Removed 40 Boxes of JFK and MKUltra Files Before Gabbard Could Declassify Them
The Central Intelligence Agency removed approximately 40 boxes of classified documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — including files on the JFK assassination and the Cold War-era MKUltra mind-control program — while Tulsi Gabbard was in the process of declassifying them under a direct presidential order. The removal happened last year, […]