Dolly Varden Silver: The Contango ORE Merger
Shawn Khunkhun over at Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV) has spent 2025 making big moves. First, he got the stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Then what followed was a succession of moves to better position Dolly within BC’s golden triangle. He made a deal to acquire Hecla’s massive land package adjacent to […]
Saks Global Filed For Bankruptcy After $1.75B Financing Failed To Rescue
Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection late Tuesday, barely a year after consolidating Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus, and it is entering court with both a leadership overhaul and a financing backstop intended to keep stores operating. Saks Global said it finalized a $1.75 billion financing package and that stores would remain […]
Congo Minister Says Investment List Coming to Washington This Week
Congo plans to present Washington with a catalog of mining opportunities this week as the central African nation moves forward with a December partnership agreement designed to attract American capital to its resource sector. Louis Watum, the country’s mines minister, disclosed the timeline during remarks on Wednesday at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, speaking […]
Trump Leans On Contractors To Guard Seized Venezuela Oil Assets
The Trump administration is preparing to use private military contractors to protect oil and energy assets in Venezuela rather than deploying US troops, according to two sources familiar with the plans, as the White House tries to prove it can secure multi-year operations in a volatile transition. President Donald Trump has not ruled out a […]
Canada Inks Energy MOU With China For Oil, Gas, & Uranium Exports
Canada and China moved to expand flows of Canadian oil, natural gas, and uranium into China through a new “economic and trade cooperation roadmap” and a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening energy co-operation, announced during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing. Carney said Canada would welcome Chinese investments in areas including energy, agriculture, […]
Trump Says USMCA Helps Canada; Calls It ‘Irrelevant’
President Donald Trump is publicly downgrading the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement as “irrelevant” while tying his economic message to a manufacturing reshoring push. Speaking Tuesday during a tour of a Ford Motor factory in Dearborn, Michigan, Trump said the pact offers the US “no real advantage.” “There’s no real advantage to it, it’s irrelevant,” Trump said. […]
Senate Delays Crypto Bill After Coinbase Withdraws Support
The Senate Banking Committee postponed a scheduled vote on major cryptocurrency legislation on Thursday after Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), the largest US crypto exchange, withdrew its support hours before the hearing. Committee Chairman Tim Scott announced the delay late Wednesday, saying bipartisan negotiations would continue. Scott did not set a new date for the markup session. […]
Buy Canadian Policy Debuts with Subway Car Contract
The Canadian government on Wednesday unveiled its inaugural project under the new Buy Canadian Policy, committing federal dollars to 55 subway cars for Toronto featuring domestic assembly and majority Canadian components. Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson and Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu disclosed the investment in Thunder Bay, where Alstom will manufacture the rolling stock for the […]
Bombardier Plans $100 Million Montreal Plant to Meet Business Jet Demand
Bombardier Inc. (TSX: BBD.B) will construct a 126,000-square-foot production center in Dorval as part of a $100 million expansion aimed at meeting surging customer demand for business aircraft. The business jet manufacturer plans to complete the facility by late 2027. Quebec’s government will provide $35 million in repayable financing through its ESSOR program to support […]
Trump Urges Grid Operator to Make Tech Giants Fund New Power Plants
President Donald Trump will push the nation’s largest electricity grid operator Friday to require technology companies to pay for $15 billion in new power plants, though the proposal carries no legal force and depends on voluntary cooperation from an independent organization that was not invited to the announcement. The administration will push PJM Interconnection, which […]