California Resident Sues FanDuel Over Alleged Illegal Gambling Operations
A San Francisco resident filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against FanDuel Inc. and its parent companies, alleging the sports betting platform has operated illegal daily fantasy sports contests in California since at least 2015. Gilbert Criswell filed the complaint in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming FanDuel collected approximately $200 […]
G7 Flags Export Controls Risk in Critical Minerals
The G7 finance ministers are converging on a blunt message: non-market interventions such as export controls in critical minerals supply chains can hit growth, worsen volatility, and undermine resilience goals they claim to be building.  Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne chaired a virtual G7 finance ministers meeting that put export controls and critical minerals at […]
Rio2 Acquires Peru Copper Mine For US$241 Million
Rio2 Limited (TSX: RIO) is looking to be more than a single asset producer. The company last night indicated that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 99.1% interest in the Condestable Mine in Peru. The asset is set to be acquired for a combination of cash, shares, and vendor debt financing […]
Cronos Group To Spend US$67 Million In Cash Acquiring European Adult-Use Firm
Evidently M&A activity is still occurring in the cannabis sector, with Cronos Group (TSX: CRON) this morning announcing that it will be acquiring one of Europe’s largest adult-use cannabis companies. The company has entered into an arrangement to acquire CanAdelaar B.V., which is the largest operator under the Netherland’s adult-use cannabis pilot program. That pilot […]
Aya Gold Intersects 677 g/t Silver Over 15 Metres At Zgounder
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA) this morning released a tranche of assay results from ongoing exploration at the Zgounder Mine in Morocco. The program encountered high grade silver mineralization at depth as the company works to expand known mineralization at the operation. Highlights from the results include: Year to date, a total of 21,314 […]
Trump Administration Threatens Withdrawal from North American Trade Pact
The Trump administration signaled it may withdraw from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement next year, threatening the trade deal President Donald Trump negotiated during his first term. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Politico that Trump could exit the USMCA in 2026. “The president’s view is he only wants deals that are a good deal,” Greer […]
Why Canada Has So Few Projects That Can Be Built Before 2030 | Dan Wilton – First Mining
In this conversation, Steve Hyland sits down with First Mining (TSXV: FF) CEO Dan Wilton to break down the major catalysts ahead for Springpole and Duparquet, two gold projects that show multi-billion-dollar economics at today’s prices, yet still trade at a fraction of their value. Dan explains why the federal Major Projects Office is focusing […]
How Is Bell’s Crave Tied In The Netflix-Warner Bros Buyout
Netflix’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery materially increases downside risk to Bell Canada’s Crave, because the platform’s premium positioning is tightly linked to Warner-controlled tentpoles and HBO library access that could be pulled in-house if the transaction clears. On the content math, the assets at stake for Canadian viewers are not deep […]
Why BC Conservative MLAs Turned on John Rustad
When British Columbia Conservative MLAs arrived for a caucus meeting on December 3, they expected a showdown over John Rustad’s leadership. Instead, organizers announced a gingerbread-making contest. The bizarre team-building exercise became the final straw. Most MLAs walked out in protest, triggering events that forced Rustad to resign the next day after 20 of his […]
Thailand Voids Peace Deal With Cambodia As Bombs Hit Disputed Border
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has declared the peace treaty with Cambodia void and ordered the closure of additional negotiation channels, framing the dispute as solely between Thailand and what he called its “adversary,” Cambodia. The declaration follows renewed violence along the Thailand–Cambodia border that triggered civilian flight from frontier communities and tested a peace […]