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Ontario’s Prefunded $5B Tariff War Chest Has Committed Just $140M

Ontario increased its long-term borrowing enough to help pre-fund a $5 billion economic defence account created during the US tariff fight. More than a year after its first financing program opened, however, only about $140 million has been approved or committed through that program, while the province is no longer actively advancing the account’s planned […]

Canada, EU to Unveil Partnership Pact at Montreal Summit

Wildfire aircraft, critical minerals and low-carbon energy sit at the heart of a wide-ranging new partnership that Canada and the European Union intend to unveil at a summit next month, according to a draft joint statement obtained by POLITICO. Leaders will make the announcement when they gather in Montreal starting Oct. 29. The draft statement, […]

South Korea Could Back Alaska LNG While Funding Canada Rival

South Korea may soon find itself financially tied to both sides of a North American LNG contest, with its state gas company already owning part of Canada’s newly expanded export project as Washington prepares to direct Korean investment toward a competing development in Alaska. President Donald Trump is expected Wednesday to announce plans involving about $54 […]

Poilievre Set to Lose Another MP as Liberals Hit 49.9% Support In Latest Polling

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives were confronted Tuesday with two developments that arrived publicly at nearly the same time but were produced on different timelines: an expected eighth caucus departure since the 2025 election, and a Nanos tracker putting the Liberals 22 points ahead nationally. Global News reported that Parry Sound—Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison is expected to resign […]

Saskatchewan Advances Plan for Three Nuclear Reactors by 2050

Three nuclear reactors capable of generating 2,600 megawatts by 2050 now sit at the centre of Saskatchewan’s energy strategy, a target that would place the province among the country’s more ambitious nuclear players. Premier Scott Moe framed the plan as a response to rising electricity demand that shows little sign of slowing. “We’re likely going […]

BC Speeds Mining Approvals After Years of Industry Friction

British Columbia is trying to turn one of its mining industry’s biggest complaints into a competitive advantage. After years of industry pressure over lengthy approvals, new consultation requirements, and uncertainty around access to mineral tenure, the province is now emphasizing speed. Six months after introducing fixed deadlines for mineral-exploration permits, BC says every application covered […]

First Quantum: Panama Commission Recommends Cobre Panamá Closure Hours After Restart Report

A Panamanian government commission publicly recommended an “orderly closure” of Cobre Panamá on Wednesday, hours after Reuters reported that the same body was expected to recommend restarting the mine through a state partnership with First Quantum Minerals. Instead of endorsing the public-private restart structure that had been discussed for months, the commission told President José […]

Hercules Metals Cuts 287 Metres of 0.58% Copper Equivalent in Southern Flats Step-Out

Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG) has extended its Southern Flats copper porphyry discovery at the Hercules project in western Idaho, with a 200 metre step-out hole cutting close to 290 metres of mineralization in the first assays from its 2026 summer drill program. The hole was collared west of discovery hole HER-25-25, which the company reported […]

Kobrea Sees BHP Approve US$4 Million Budget for Western Malargüe Copper Projects

Kobrea Exploration (CSE: KBX) will drill the El Destino copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry prospect this season after BHP approved a US$4 million exploration budget for the company’s Western Malargüe copper projects in Argentina. The 2026/2027 work program and budget was signed off by the management committee formed under the alliance between the two companies, and will be […]

Cabral Gold Books First Gold Sale From Cuiú Cuiú Starter Mine

Cabral Gold (TSXV: CBR) has completed its first gold sale from its Cuiú Cuiú district in northern Brazil, moving the junior into revenue at its Phase 1 oxide heap leach operation. The company sold more than 2,400 ounces of gold, shipped as doré to a Brazilian refinery, at an average net realized price above US$4,200 […]