BC Hydro Will Pay You To Reduce Energy Use
BC Hydro is turning customers into a grid-management tool, offering bill credits, rebates, free devices, and business incentives as British Columbia tries to slow the cost of meeting rising electricity demand. The new Power Smart 2.0 program puts more than $1 billion behind that strategy over three years. The utility says the plan is designed […]
Intuit Cuts 3,000 Jobs as CEO Bets the Company on AI Partnerships
Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) is cutting roughly 3,000 employees — about 17% of its global workforce — as CEO Sasan Goodarzi bets that flattening the company’s structure and pouring resources into artificial intelligence will sharpen its edge faster than legacy headcount ever could. Shares fell nearly 4% in morning trading after the announcement. Goodarzi told staff […]
Murdoch Buys Into Vox’s Strongest Media Assets, NYT Reports
Vox Media’s reported sale to James Murdoch is a valuation test for digital publishing: the market may still want premium media brands, just not the whole platform that once bundled them together. The New York Times reported that the son of media scion Rupert Murdoch is buying New York magazine, Vox Media’s podcast network, and […]
Aya Gold Hits 890 g/t Silver Equivalent Over 51.5 Metres at Boumadine
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA) this morning delivered fresh infill results from its Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco. The results extend the high-grade signature along the 5.4 kilometre Main Trend. The standout, hole BOU-DD25-745, returned 890 g/t silver equivalent over 51.5 metres, the company’s strongest intercept to date on a grade-thickness basis, sitting roughly […]
Altamira Gold Extends Maria Bonita Footprint with 110 Metre Step-Out
Altamira Gold (TSXV: ALTA) has continued to make progress at proving out the Maria Bonita deposit, with further drill holes intercepting significant mineralization outside the current resource area.
Wallbridge Lands $56 Million from Agnico Eagle and Waratah, Plans Rebrand to Sunday Lake Gold
Wallbridge Mining Company (TSX: WM) has secured cornerstone backing from Agnico Eagle Mines and Waratah Capital Advisors, with each party taking a partially-diluted stake of approximately 19.9% in the company through a combined capital injection of roughly C$56 million. The two investors are buying in at $0.092 per share, a 15% premium to Wallbridge’s 20-day […]
Son of Mango Founder Arrested Over Billionaire Father’s Fatal Cliff Fall
The son and heir of Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of Spanish fashion giant Mango, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder — more than 16 months after his father plunged to his death during a mountain hike in which the son was the only witness. Jonathan Andic, 45, was taken into custody by the […]
China Is Building a World Without Nvidia
Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Force One. The White House had left him off the delegation list for Trump’s China trip, worried his presence would invite “awkward conversations” about chip sales. Trump saw the coverage, called Huang, and told him to come anyway. Beijing made those conversations awkward […]
Bill C-22 Hits Roadblock With Swiss Firm ProtonVPN, What Now?
Canada’s lawful-access push has run into a problem that cannot be fixed by simply ordering compliance: some of the privacy companies serving Canadians are not Canadian enough to be easily forced into Canada’s surveillance architecture. That is the strategic problem raised by ProtonVPN’s response to Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, 2026. The company’s public […]
Ontario Police Are Secretly Using Spyware That Can Hack Into Your Phone, Report Says
Ontario police forces are deploying commercial spyware that can remotely take over a suspect’s smartphone — reading encrypted messages, activating microphones and cameras, and logging every keystroke — and fighting to keep nearly every detail about the technology hidden from courts, defence lawyers, and the public. An exclusive Toronto Star investigation published on Tuesday reveals […]