Hudbay Minerals To Acquire Rockcliff Metals After Closing Copper Mountain Deal
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM) is continuing on an acquisition streak, revealing last night it has entered an arrangement to consolidate the Snow Lake camp of Manitoba. The firm has entered into an arrangement to acquire Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF) in an all-stock transaction, valuing Rockcliff at $13.0 million. The company owns 49% of Hudbay’s Talbot […]
Mullen Automotive Jumps On AI Bandwagon With Launch Of Facial Recognition Tech For Vehicles
Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ: MULN) is attempting to jump on the AI bandwagon despite being primarily focused on electric vehicles. The company this morning announced the release of Persona, which it refers to as AI vehicle technology. The system is said to be an interactive AI camera/sensor and video monitoring system that enables a user to […]
Athena Gold Begins 1,500 Metre Drill Program At Excelsior Springs
Athena Gold (CSE: ATHA) has begun the 2023 drill season at its flagship Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada. Labelled as a spring program, the company intends to conduct up to 1,500 metres of drilling.
Titanic Tourist Submarine Goes Missing Off Canadian Coast
A search and rescue operation of significant magnitude is currently underway in the mid-Atlantic as a tourist submarine has gone missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic. The US Coast Guard reported the loss of contact with the small sub approximately one hour and 45 minutes into its dive. The vessel, identified […]
There’s A $600K Bid For A Vaccine Expert To Debate A US Presidential Candidate On Joe Rogan’s Podcast
In a recent Twitter exchange, Dr. Peter Hotez, a renowned vaccine expert, engaged in a heated discussion regarding a three-hour interview between podcast host Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaccine advocate. Dr. Hotez expressed concern over the spread of vaccine misinformation and the online attacks he faced as a result of […]
Twitter Faces Eviction from Boulder, Colorado Office over Unpaid Rent
Twitter is set to be evicted from one of its Boulder offices, after the landlord lodged a complaint to the county judge alleging that Twitter, which signed a lease for four office suites in 2020, has fallen behind on its rent payments. When leasing the office, Twitter set up a $968,000 letter of credit to […]
Is China Working With Taliban?
Afghan central bank governor Hidayatullah Badri held a clandestine meeting with Chinese envoy Wang Yu, with their discussion centered around the crucial topics of economy, banking relations, business, and more, as revealed by the bank’s spokesperson to Reuters. Despite lacking formal diplomatic ties with the Taliban government, China has discreetly maintained a presence in Kabul, […]
CMHC Rings Alarm on Canada’s Deteriorating Housing Affordability
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) chief economist Bob Dugan expressed concerns over the deteriorating affordability of Canada’s housing market, urging the need for action. “I’m actually worried that affordability is going to deteriorate rather than improve unless we can do something about it,” he said, as quoted by the Canadian Press. As of May, […]
RCMP Probing Trudeau and Aides Over Potential SNC-Lavalin Obstruction of Justice
Democracy Watch, a Canadian advocacy organization, has disclosed a response it received under the Access to Information Act (ATIA) from the RCMP regarding a probe into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s actions after former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould publicly revealed she was being pressured to call off the investigation into engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. The RCMP’s response […]
Is Immigration To Blame For Canada’s Housing Crisis?
Canada’s population has reached a significant milestone, hitting 40 million on Friday, with immigration accounting for nearly all of last year’s growth. However, the ongoing housing crisis in Metro Vancouver, the Greater Toronto Area, and across the country has sparked a familiar argument: if Canada can’t house its existing residents, should it continue to welcome […]