Canada Nears Free-Trade Deal with Mercosur Bloc by End of 2026
Canada is on track to finalize a free-trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc by the end of 2026, with negotiations gaining momentum and a potential signing targeted for September or October, according to government officials from Canada, Argentina, and Brazil. The talks, which restarted last year after stalling in 2021, have progressed at a […]
Wesdome Drills 161.3 g/t Gold Over 5.2 Metres At Kiena
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) is finding more reasons to dig deeper at its Kiena mine in Quebec. The Canadian gold producer announced on Thursday that it has identified six new high-grade mineralized lenses, a discovery that suggests the asset has significantly more runway than previously modeled. The new findings are the result of an […]
Andean Precious Metals President Yohann Bouchard To Exit After One Year On The Job
Andean Precious Metals (TSX: APM) announced Friday that its president, Yohann Bouchard, will step down from his executive role and the board of directors effective March 31. The departure comes just over a year after his appointment to the post. The company stated that the decision for Bouchard and the firm to part ways was […]
Oil Prices Shrug Off Trump’s Second Iran Deadline Extension
President Donald Trump extended his pause on US strikes against Iranian power plants for a second time Thursday, pushing the deadline to April 6 — but oil markets barely flinched before reversing course entirely, a stark contrast to the dramatic selloff that followed his first extension just four days earlier. At 4:11 PM ET, Trump […]
Barrick Hits Pause on Reko Diq Copper-Gold Mine as Security Concerns Mount
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX) has postponed development of its Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, citing escalating security concerns in the region and broader Middle East tensions, a move that will likely disrupt previously announced budgets and timelines. Located in Balochistan province, Reko Diq stands as one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits, making […]
Trump Kept Classified Docs Linked to Business Interests, Says Jack Smith Memo
The newly disclosed Jack Smith team memo advances a more specific theory of why President Donald Trump retained classified material after leaving office in 2021: prosecutors believed some of the documents were relevant to his business interests, and that relevance could help establish motive. House Judiciary Democrats say the memo shows Trump kept records whose […]
NATO Declares Canada Hit Its 2% GDP Defence Spending Target
Canada has officially hit NATO’s 2% of GDP defence spending benchmark for fiscal 2025-26, ending roughly 35 years of underperformance and marking the first time since the end of the Cold War that Ottawa has met the alliance’s core spending threshold. NATO’s Thursday spending report said Canada is now spending just over $63.0 billion on […]
California Jury Finds Meta, YouTube Liable for Social Media Addiction in Landmark Verdict
A Los Angeles County jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the first social media addiction case to reach trial in the US, awarding $6 million in total damages to a 20-year-old California woman who alleged the platforms’ design features caused serious mental illness during her childhood. The jury held Meta responsible for 70% of […]
Charter Talks Begin in Montréal as Canada Moves to Front of Defense Bank Race
The competition to host the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank entered a new phase this week as Canada welcomed representatives from 18 nations to Montréal for the first formal round of charter negotiations — a development that positions the country closer to landing the institution it has been lobbying hardest to attract. As previously reported, […]
Air Canada CEO Apologizes: “I Am Still Unable To Express Myself Adequately In French”
Air Canada (TSX: AC) CEO Michael Rousseau moved to contain the fallout from his earlier post-crash remarks, saying he is “still unable to express myself adequately in French” and offering a direct apology after days of criticism that his English-only response to the fatal LaGuardia accident lacked compassion. The statement opens by reiterating condolences to […]