Pelley Calls Weiss a Liar After CBS Boss Claims Network Tried to ‘Find a Way Back’
Scott Pelley accused CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of lying to staff on Wednesday, hours after she told the network’s morning editorial meeting that leadership had tried to “find a way back” with the fired 60 Minutes correspondent before cutting ties. Weiss addressed CBS employees on a 9 a.m. conference call. “Despite our attempts to […]
Canada Still Second in G7 Growth, OECD Says—With Iran War as an Unlikely Tailwind
Canada’s Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne seized on a fresh OECD report Wednesday to push back against the recession narrative that has trailed the Carney government since Q1 GDP data triggered Trump’s latest round of “51st state” taunts. The OECD Economic Outlook Volume 2026 Issue 1, released June 3, projects Canada’s real GDP growth at 1.2% […]
House Passes War Powers Resolution Ordering Trump to End Iran War
The House voted Wednesday to direct President Donald Trump to end US military hostilities with Iran, delivering the sharpest congressional rebuke yet of a conflict now more than three months old — and one Trump launched without seeking congressional approval. The resolution passed 215-208, with four Republicans crossing party lines to join a unified Democratic […]
The CEOs Behind ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Just Warned Congress About AI Creating Bioweapons
The chiefs of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies signed an open letter calling on Congress to mandate screening of synthetic nucleic acid orders, warning that advancing AI is eroding the knowledge barriers that once kept biological weapons out of reach. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and […]
Valor Gold to Begin Trading June 5 as Seabridge Closes Courageous Lake Spin-Out
Courageous Lake now has a public company built around it. Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA) has closed the spin-out of Valor Gold (TSX: VGC), the new entity created to hold its Courageous Lake gold project in the Northwest Territories, completing a separation the company first floated late last year. The arrangement, carried out under the Canada […]
Russia Claims 500-Tonne Gold Output That Would Dethrone China, but Analysts Can’t Explain the Numbers
Russia’s Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov told state news agency TASS that the country will produce 480-500 tonnes of gold this year, a figure that would vault Russia past China and make it the world’s largest gold producer. Analysts inside and outside Russia say they have no idea where those tonnes are coming from. Kozlov […]
Alto Rail $2.8M Bonuses Draw Fire Before Construction Begins
Alto’s $2.76 million bonus disclosure has turned a planning-stage rail project into a test of whether Ottawa can explain performance rewards before the public can see physical progress. According to a parliamentary-return screenshot circulated by Conservative MPs, Alto awarded $2,758,967.68 in bonuses for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The same table lists 18 officials at or […]
Ray Dalio AI Bubble Warning Centers On Liquidity Risk
The AI boom is becoming a balance sheet story, not just a technology story. Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has said before the artificial intelligence boom is in the early stage of a bubble, Reuters reported, but the sharper issue is not whether AI tools are useful. It is whether the financial structure around the […]
NDP Bill Wants Floor Crossers’ Seats Vacant
Bill C-278 would create a new federal vacancy trigger for MPs, turning a party switch inside the House of Commons into a seat-level event that could force voters back to the polls. The private member’s bill, introduced by NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies, would amend the Parliament of Canada Act to make certain changes in […]
Russia Blames Ukraine After Deadly Drone Strike On Donetsk Passenger Bus
Eight civilians were killed and 11 others were injured in Yenakiievo after a drone struck a bus, according to Russian officials cited by Reuters. Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk blamed Ukraine for the attack, saying the vehicle was operating on a Moscow-to-Simferopol route when it was hit. Kyiv had not publicly responded to the specific accusation […]