Breaking Down Alberta’s Potential Secession From Canada
Alberta’s separation debate has reached voters before the province has answered the basic implementation questions that would determine whether independence is even bankable. The Oct. 19 vote being advanced by Premier Danielle Smith’s government does not ask Albertans to create a new country. It asks whether Alberta should remain a Canadian province or begin the […]
Iran Talks Enter The No More Talks Zone After Lebanon Strike
Iran’s reported decision to stop exchanging messages with the US through mediators is the clearest sign yet that Tehran may no longer separate diplomacy with Washington from Israel’s campaign in Lebanon and the wider axis conflict. A Tasnim’s verified Telegram channel message says an informed source told the outlet that Iran would halt indirect message […]
Alberta Maps Four Pipeline Routes Through B.C., All Blocked by Federal Tanker Ban
Confidential documents obtained by CBC News show Alberta has mapped at least four distinct pipeline routes through British Columbia for its proposed one million barrel per day oil export corridor. Every port option under consideration sits inside the federal oil tanker moratorium zone. Community leaders are said to have been shown the documents during private […]
Russia Bans Jet Fuel Exports Through November as Drone Strikes Drive Refinery Output to 16-Year Low
Russia has banned jet fuel exports through November 30, its first-ever such prohibition, according to Russian news outlet RBC, as Ukrainian drone strikes batter domestic refineries and push output to the lowest level since October 2009. Transportation Minister Andrei Nikitin told reporters there was no shortage of jet fuel and that the ban was introduced […]
Cameco Lifts Cigar Lake Stake to 57% After TEPCO Buyout
Cameco (TSX: CCO) is tightening its grip on the highest grade uranium mine on the planet. The company, alongside joint-venture partner Orano Canada, has agreed to buy out TEPCO Resources’ 5% stake in the Cigar Lake Joint Venture. Once the deal closes, Cameco’s interest in the northern Saskatchewan operation climbs 2.871% to 57.418%, while Orano […]
IAMGOLD Lifts Côté Gold Resource to 23.8 Million Ounces After Zone Merger
IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG) has bulked up the resource base at its Côté Gold project, folding the neighbouring Côté and Gosselin zones into a single block model and lifting its gold price assumption in the process. The updated estimate, effective March 31, pegs measured and indicated resources at 20.3 million ounces of gold on a 100% […]
The IBM Surge Is Not Just About Trump, But Also About Trump
IBM is being repriced as a potential piece of US quantum infrastructure, with federal funding, corporate co-investment, analyst support, and a viral Trump clip all converging on a company long treated by investors as a slower-growth enterprise technology incumbent. The immediate Monday trading narrative centered on a resurfaced video of President Donald Trump praising IBM […]
Allied Gold Clears Canadian, West African Regulators as Zijin Deal Deadline Slips to July
Allied Gold (TSX: AAUC) has cleared two more regulatory hurdles on the path to its sale to Zijin Gold International, even as the timeline for completing the deal slips further out. The company said Zijin Gold has received approval under the Investment Canada Act, which completes the approval process in Canada for the transaction. That […]
Poilievre Demands Emergency Recession Debate in Letter to Carney
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding an emergency parliamentary debate on Canada’s economy after the country entered what some economists have called a technical recession for the first time since 2020. In a Sunday letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, he wrote: “You promised you would deliver the fastest-growing economy in the G7. You delivered […]
Iran’s Chief Negotiator Warns of Consequences on Eve of Ceasefire Talks
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and chief ceasefire negotiator, issued a public warning on June 1 directed at Washington. “The naval blockade and escalation of war crimes in Lebanon by the genocidal Zionist regime are clear evidence of US noncompliance with the ceasefire,” Ghalibaf wrote on X. “Every choice has a price, and the […]