Big Gold Acquires Tabor Project Near Thunder Bay, Ontario
Big Gold (CSE: BG) is expanding its land holdings in Ontario, announcing this morning that it has acquired the Tabor Project, found northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The project is said to be on trend and adjacent to the Moss Lake Gold deposit, operated by Goldshore. The project itself is said to be close to […]
Walmart Reveals Plans to Automate 65% Of Stores After Announcing Layoffs
American retail giant Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) said this week that it plans to equip about 65% of its stores with automation capabilities by the end of the fiscal year 2026. The announcement closely follows news that the company was going to slash at least 2,000 jobs in its e-commerce fulfillment facilities. While the retailer, […]
Canadian Office Vacancies Soar to Record High As Employers Maintain Hybrid Work Model
Companies that embraced work-from-home culture during the pandemic aren’t too keen on bringing employees back to the office. As a result, an increasing number of commercial office buildings across major Canadian cities are being left barren, thanks to what’s becoming a permanent shift towards a hybrid work model. According to a recent report by commercial […]
British Columbia to Impose House-Flipping Tax to Address Housing Affordability Crisis
The British Columbia government has announced a new plan to address the province’s housing crisis, pledging to invest billions of dollars to build more affordable homes over the next decade. The plan, which will see the government invest $4 billion over the next three years and includes a $12 billion commitment over the next decade, […]
Kansas Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto On Bill To Check Genitals Of Kids Playing Sports
With the successful override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a transgender student athlete ban, transgender girls are now barred from participating in women’s sports from kindergarten through college. The veto was overridden by a vote of 84-40 in the House and 28-12 in the Senate on Wednesday. Both chambers barely made the two-thirds majority […]
Where Are The SPAC’s In SPAC King Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Annual Letter?
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya this week released his annual letter for 2022 to investors with the overall tone of preaching realism and practicality, emphasizing that “efficiency, risk management, business model fundamentals, and sustained profitability are must-haves.” “To founders, make no mistake. A company’s success will be judged by its profits and market leadership – […]
YouTuber Gets Shot By The Person He Was Pranking
Tanner Cook, the prankster behind the YouTube account Classified Goons, found himself in intensive care after he was shot by the man he was attempting to prank on Sunday, according to a report by Insider. The 21-year-old is one of the multitudes of YouTubers amassing a following from playing practical jokes on unsuspecting strangers. His […]
IT Company Accidentally Exposes Racist Hiring Practices and then Blames Former Employee
Virginia-based Arthur Grand Technologies is facing some online outrage after a job posting with what appears to be internal notes still on it might have revealed a little too much about its hiring practices. The job post, which was uploaded on the job site Indeed, shows that the company was only looking to hire a […]
Popular AI Chatbot Convinces Man to Commit Suicide Over Climate Change Worries
The widow of a Belgian man whom recently committed suicide is blaming an AI chatbot for encouraging her husband to take his own life. According to Belgian newspaper La Libre, the husband— under pseudonym of “Pierre,” was having frequent conversations with “ELIZA,” a GPT-3 replica language model created by a US-based startup utilizing GPT-J technology. […]
How OPEC+’s Surprise Cut Impacts Oil Prices & Everyday Consumers — With Mike McGlone
Back on the Daily Dive today is Mike McGlone, a Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist. Mike sits down with us to share his insights on oil prices and the sector after OPEC+’s surprise production cut earlier this week. We also talk about where he sees commodities going, the Petroyuan, Bitcoin, and of course, gold. Bloomberg […]