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Canada Expected 1,767 Foreign Influence Registrants but Only Got About 30

Canada’s new foreign-influence registry has reached its first major compliance test with roughly 30 submissions following an October 3 transitional deadline, far below the annual registrants Ottawa used as its central planning estimate. Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman told MPs that his office received about 30 submissions over the weekend, according to The Canadian Press. Canada’s public […]

Ex-Postmedia CEO Alleges Doug Ford Office Used Contract as ‘Leverage’

A request from Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office to publish a pre-election opinion piece across Postmedia newspapers has become entangled with a government contracting dispute after former Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey alleged that approval of a proposed three-year agreement for his son’s company was used as leverage to secure the media placement. The allegation concerns […]

SpaceX Seeks $40 Billion Debt Financing for Nvidia AI Chips

SpaceX could more than double its outstanding debt if it completes a reported $40 billion financing package to purchase Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, marking a sharp expansion of the hardware financing already embedded in Elon Musk’s combined space and AI business. The Financial Times reported that SpaceX is discussing approximately $10 billion of bank loans and $30 […]

Ken Paxton, A Trump Ally, Blames Iran War and Fuel Costs for Campaign Drag

Ken Paxton’s private explanation for his unexpectedly difficult US Senate race puts a politically sensitive price tag on the Iran war: the Trump-backed Republican says fuel costs and affordability, rather than tariffs, are weighing on his campaign as President Donald Trump returns to Texas to help defend the seat. Axios reported Wednesday that Paxton made […]

Why Ontario Froze OSAP Across Its Private College Sector

Ontario has frozen Ontario Student Assistance Program payments across the province’s entire private postsecondary sector even though the government says many of the integrity concerns uncovered so far are concentrated in online-only programs and a relatively small number of institutions. The province announced the blanket pause while KPMG continues an audit of OSAP applications at […]

StrikePoint Completes Northumberland Deal Backed by C$190 Million Financing

StrikePoint Gold (TSXV: SKP) has closed its acquisition of the Northumberland gold project in Nevada’s Walker Lane from Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM), handing over US$70 million in cash on Tuesday. Newmont stands to collect another US$50 million down the road through two contingent payments of US$25 million each, the first due within 120 days of […]

TNR Gold Receives Takeover Proposal From Altius Minerals Amid Proxy Fight

TNR Gold (TSXV: TNR) has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Altius Minerals Corporation (TSX: ALS) to acquire all TNR shares it does not already own. Altius holds 30,937,500 TNR shares, about 12.7% of the shares outstanding. Neither company disclosed a price, the form of consideration or a timeline. A special committee of independent directors […]

Epic Gold Assays 9.42 g/t Gold Over 11 Metres at Hawkins In Trenching, Links Occurrences Along 15 Kilometre Corridor

Epic Gold (CSE: EPG) says a summer of fieldwork at its Hawkins project in northwestern Ontario points to a single district-scale gold and base metal system, rather than the scattered showings earlier explorers worked one at a time. Hawkins covers 1,266 mineral claims over roughly 26,803 hectares in the Kabinakagami Greenstone Belt, which the company […]

OR Royalties Tracks Toward Guidance Midpoint After 20,237 GEO Third Quarter

OR Royalties (TSX: OR) (NYSE: OR) earned 20,237 attributable gold equivalent ounces in the third quarter of 2026, bringing its nine month total to 63,734 GEOs and keeping the royalty and streaming company on pace for the middle of its full year guidance. The company recorded preliminary revenue of US$90.2 million from royalties and streams […]

Goliath Cuts 28.81 g/t Gold Equivalent Over 4 Metres Within Broader Surebet Intercept

Goliath Resources (TSXV: GOT) has released a new round of assays from its 2026 drill program at the Surebet discovery. Highlight results from the latest round of results includes 9.89 g/t gold equivalent over 12.00 metres from the Surebet Zone. That intercept, from hole GD-26-483, came from a sulphide-rich quartz breccia with abundant visible gold. […]