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How BC’s 150-Year Treaty Gap Created Overlapping Land Claims

British Columbia’s overlapping Indigenous land claims are the product of a 150-year treaty vacuum that governments are only now trying to fill, and the result is a province where roughly 80% of the land is still subject to Indigenous claims and major territories overlap. After the Colony of Vancouver Island was established in 1849, governor […]

US-Japan To Go Nuclear With $40B SMR Initiative

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are expected to unveil a nuclear power initiative in the southern US that would see GE Vernova and Hitachi build BWRX-300 small modular reactors. The project’s stated economic case is power price stability and dispatchable generation at a time when electricity demand is rising alongside the race […]

Liberals Are Leading, Even In Alberta

The big change in the new polling is not the national spread. It’s Alberta. In a recent 338Canada poll, Liberals widened the lead at 47.5% nationally against 27.0% for the Conservatives and 15.1% for the NDP. However, the real jolt is an Alberta regional result of 41% Liberal to 37% Conservative, a four-point Liberal edge […]

Why Canada Cannot Escape Trump’s NATO Turmoil

President Donald Trump is again casting doubt on NATO’s value to the US. But the sharper question for Canada is not whether the alliance is under strain, it is how Ottawa navigates a more volatile Washington when its defence, geography and continental security remain structurally tied to the US. The latest rupture came as Trump […]

Yara Pilbara Shutdown Halts Australia’s Largest Fertiliser Input Plant for Two Months

A technical glitch has forced the closure of Yara Pilbara, Australia’s largest producer of ammonia, a critical input for urea fertilizer and mining explosives, for at least two months. The shutdown, which began this week, disrupts a key supply chain at a time when global ammonia trade is already strained by geopolitical conflicts. The outage […]

Houthis Threaten Middle East If They Intercept Iran’s Missiles

The Houthis sharply widened the regional risk calculus on Friday by warning that Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE would be treated as part of Israel if they intercept missiles launched by Iran, Yemen, or the wider “Resistance Axis.” “We warn the Arab countries, especially Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, against intercepting the missiles […]

CBS News Cuts Staff and Shuts Radio Network in Early Bari Weiss Era

CBS News is cutting about 6% of its workforce in a move that will eliminate dozens of jobs across a division of roughly 1,100 employees, marking the second round of layoffs since David Ellison took control of Paramount last summer. In a Friday memo to staff, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president and executive […]

French Sailor’s Strava Run Exposes Location of Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle

A French Navy sailor inadvertently revealed the real-time location of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle after uploading a deck jog to the fitness app Strava with his profile set to public, French newspaper Le Monde reported Thursday. The sailor, identified only as “Arthur,” logged a 7.23-kilometer run on the morning of March 13 aboard […]

DNI Tulsi Gabbard Faces Two Days of Fire on Georgia Raid and Iran War Intelligence

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faced two days of pointed congressional questioning this week, contradicting President Donald Trump’s public account of the FBI’s Fulton County election raid and failing to produce specific evidence of foreign interference in Georgia’s 2020 election when pressed by lawmakers. At a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on March 18, Gabbard […]

Copper Erases 2026 Gains as Iran War Hits Metals Markets, Despite Record-High Rally

Copper surrendered its year-to-date gains this week as escalating strikes between Iran and Israel rattled global energy markets and stoked fears of an economic slowdown, reversing one of the red metal’s most powerful bull runs in recent memory. The London Metal Exchange’s three-month copper benchmark fell to around $12,955 per tonne — down roughly 3.6% […]