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Sitka Hits 2.00 g/t Gold Over 65 Metres At RC Gold

Sitka Gold (TSXV: SIG) has released the first assay results from an ongoing 2025 summer drill program at their RC Gold project in the Yukon. The program has picked up where the winter drill program stopped, with the first results coming from a hole that was partially completed under that prior program. Highlights from the […]

Goldshore Drills 1.52 g/t Gold Over 17.7 Metres In Newly Discovered Mineralized Shear Zone

Goldshore Resources (TSXV: GSHR) is reporting this morning the discovery of new shear zones at their flagship Moss Gold project in northwestern Ontario. The discovery follows the company recently completing a 20,000 metre drill program at the project. Drilling conducted to the north of QES zone has reportedly identified the new shear zones. Drilling here […]

Western Canada Oil Sands Output Outstrips Pipelines Again as 2027 Crunch Looms

Western Canada’s crude output has more than doubled over the past decade—rising from roughly 2.5 MMb/d in 2015 to an estimated 4.6 MMb/d as of April 2025—driven predominantly by Alberta oil sands expansions. RBN Energy warns that “almost nothing is going to stop Western Canada’s crude oil production growth,” with annualized liquids volumes (crude plus […]

Disney Buys Out Hulu Remainder For Over $438M

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) will pay NBCUniversal parent Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) about $438.7 million to acquire the remaining 33% of Hulu it does not already own, ending a years-long, three-appraiser valuation dispute and giving Disney 100% control of the 18-year-old streaming platform. The price—set just below Hulu’s $27.5 billion floor valuation agreed in […]

Syria Nears End of 14-Year Banking Isolation

For the first time in more than a decade, Syria is poised to regain access to the world’s primary banking communication system, with officials announcing that reconnection to SWIFT could happen in the coming weeks. The development would end Syria’s exclusion from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, which has prevented the country from […]

Robinhood Courts Congress With $35B Proposal To Seed Trump’s $1000 Account For Each Newborn

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly asking Congress to let “every citizen be an owner in the upside of America” starting at birth. CEO Vlad Tenev told lawmakers the trading app can open brokerage accounts for the roughly 3.5 million US newborns each year, each pre-loaded with a $1,000 federal deposit, “under budget.” The proposal […]

Second Cup Company Files for Creditor Protection — But It’s NOT the Canadian Chain You Know

An international coffee franchising company bearing a similar name to Canada’s well-known Second Cup coffee chain has filed for creditor protection, but the two businesses are completely separate entities. The Second Cup Coffee Company Inc., which operates franchises in about 20 countries but none in Canada, obtained protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act on […]

Platinum Jumps to Four-Year High Amid Million-Ounce Supply Shortfall

Platinum prices surged to their highest level in four years Monday, climbing 7.7% to $1,200.95 per ounce as market tightness and supply deficits intensify pressure on the precious metal. The advance extended platinum’s rally for a sixth consecutive trading session, pushing the metal to its highest price since May 2021. The metal has gained more […]

‘Trump Savings Accounts’ Offer $1,000 Bonuses for Babies

The House has approved government-funded investment accounts for newborns as part of President Donald Trump’s massive tax bill, but financial experts warn families already have access to superior savings options and question whether the new accounts serve more as political bait than genuine financial benefit. The so-called “Trump savings accounts” — renamed from “MAGA Accounts” […]

Beijing To Sell Billions In Seized Bitcoin Through Hong Kong Exchanges

Beijing police announced Thursday they will sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seized in criminal cases through licensed exchanges in Hong Kong, creating China’s first official framework for disposing of confiscated digital assets. The Beijing Public Security Bureau said it partnered with the China Beijing Equity Exchange to sell seized cryptocurrency via Hong Kong’s regulated markets. […]