Colbert Hits Trump Mobile On Final Show: “This Thing Sucks”
Talk show host Stephen Colbert’s final-week swipe at Trump Mobile landed because the joke had receipts: a $47.45 wireless plan, a delayed gold phone, shifting US-manufacturing language, alleged customer-data exposure, and a political brand now being judged by ordinary consumer-tech standards. On the penultimate episode of The Late Show, Colbert mocked the Trump family’s wireless […]
Trump-Appointed Arts Panel Approved Trump’s 250-ft Washington Arch
A Trump-appointed federal arts panel has moved President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot Washington arch forward, giving the project institutional momentum while leaving its most important questions unanswered: who can authorize it, who pays for it, and whether a new presidential monument can be inserted into one of the capital’s most sensitive ceremonial corridors. The US […]
Canada’s Retirement Backstop Misses Its Own Benchmark Again — and the Gap Is Getting Harder to Explain
Canada’s largest pension manager posted a 7.8% net return in fiscal 2026 and watched its assets climb to $793.3 billion. Its own benchmark did 13.2%. The 5.4 percentage point gap is the third consecutive year CPPIB has trailed the passive indices it measures itself against — and the streak is getting harder to dismiss as […]
EXIM Board Set to Vote Thursday on ExportAI Initiative Financing U.S. AI Sales Abroad
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is set to vote Thursday morning on a framework that would put federal loan guarantees and direct loans behind overseas sales of American artificial intelligence technology — a bet that Washington can win the global AI race with a checkbook as much as with export bans. The ExportAI Initiative marks a […]
Questcorp Wraps Expanded Drone Survey at La Union as Summer Drilling Approaches
Questcorp Mining Inc. (CSE: QQQ) has completed an expanded drone borne aeromagnetic survey at the La Union polymetallic project in Sonora, Mexico, sharpening the geological picture ahead of a fully funded Phase 2 drill program slated to mobilize in the coming weeks.
Hemlo Mining Posts $186.3 Million in Revenue in Debut Quarter
Hemlo Mining Corp. (TSXV: HMMC) reported first quarter 2026 revenue of $186.3 million and net income of $22.1 million, or $0.07 per share, in its first full quarter operating the Hemlo Gold Mine. The results follow the company closing the Hemlo acquisition in November 2025, making this the first full operating quarter for the company. […]
Two Pro-Canada Alberta Cabinet Ministers Quit Ahead of Smith’s Shuffle
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner and Hospitals Minister Matt Jones resigned from Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party (UCP) cabinet Wednesday, hours before a scheduled shuffle Thursday, in departures both men framed as personal but that drew immediate scrutiny given their known opposition to Alberta separation. Both announced on social media that they will not […]
Iran Deal in ‘Final Stages,’ Trump Says, as New Details Reveal Deep Sticking Points
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that US negotiations with Iran are in the “final stages,” sending oil prices tumbling and Treasuries rallying — even as newly surfaced details from Iranian sources outline a framework still divided on its most critical terms. “We’re in the final stages of Iran,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll see what happens. […]
Carney Warns BC on Pipeline as Ottawa and Victoria Agree to Negotiate
Prime Minister Mark Carney traveled to Vancouver on Wednesday to deliver a pointed message to British Columbia’s government: get on board with energy development, or Ottawa moves on. Speaking to business leaders at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade ahead of a closed-door meeting with Premier David Eby, Carney declared the world is in an […]
Sherritt Agrees to Hand Majority Stake to Trump-Linked Investor as Cuba Sanctions Bite
Canadian miner Sherritt International has signed a preliminary deal to hand a controlling stake to a family office tied to a former Trump administration official — the latest turn in a nearly three-week crisis triggered by escalating US sanctions on Cuba. Sherritt announced Wednesday it had entered a non-binding agreement with Gillon Capital LLC, under […]