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Lutnick Reportedly Tightened “Generous” US-Canada Deal After Metals Industry Pushback

Canada’s near-trade deal with the US ran into a problem that extended beyond the terms Ottawa and Washington were negotiating: the US official leading the talks did not control every tariff Canada wanted reduced. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick moved deeper into the negotiations during their final days and pushed back against concessions covering metals and […]

Altamira Gold Drills 231.5 Metres of 0.4 g/t Gold At Maria Bonita

Altamira Gold (TSXV: ALTA) said drilling has confirmed a new mineralized porphyry body at the western end of its Maria Bonita gold deposit, pushing a system the company has been steadily enlarging all year further out along strike. Assays from holes MBA-042 and MBA-043 returned the two widest continuous mineralized intersections drilled at the project […]

GFG Resources Options Pen Gold to Barrick With $17.68 Million Earn-In

GFG Resources (TSXV: GFG) has signed a definitive earn-in agreement giving Barrick Gold, a subsidiary of Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX), a path to majority ownership of its Pen Gold Project in Ontario’s Timmins Gold District. Barrick can earn an initial 60% interest by funding $17.68 million in exploration and project expenditures, paying GFG $1.2 million […]

BMO Profit Falls 25% In Q3 2026 On Divestiture Charge

Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) reported Q3 2026 net income of $1.75 billion, down from $2.33 billion a year earlier, after taking a large charge tied to the planned sale of its Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses. Adjusted net income moved in the opposite direction, rising to $2.86 billion from $2.40 billion last year. Adjusted […]

Scotiabank Beats Q3 2026 Profit Estimates As ROE Clears 14% Target

Scotiabank (TSX: BNS) posted Q3 2026 net income of $2.95 billion, up from $2.53 billion a year earlier, translating to diluted earnings per share of $2.27 from $1.84 last year. On an adjusted basis, net income reached $2.97 billion, up from $2.52 billion last year. Adjusted diluted EPS was $2.28, compared with $1.88 a year earlier, beating the […]

S&P Drops TELUS From Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index After Dividend Slashed 55%

TELUS Corp. (TSX: T) has been stripped of its dividend aristocrat status. S&P Dow Jones Indices said the telecom will be removed from the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index before the open on Sept. 1, a change that surfaced through the index provider’s routine monthly dividend review. The announcement named no replacement. The reason is […]

Firefly Metals Outlines $2.2 Billion Base Case NPV For Green Bay Copper-Gold Project

FireFly Metals (TSX: FFM) has outlined a 32-year underground copper-gold mine at its Green Bay project in Newfoundland and Labrador, with a study putting the operation’s post-tax net present value at A$2.2 billion. The preliminary economic assessment returns an internal rate of return of 42% and payback in under two years, with the net present […]

NexGen Extends High-Grade Uranium Core 17% Deeper, Adds Fifth Rig

NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE) has released the first drill results from its 2026 summer program at the Patterson Corridor East discovery, with the results pushing the deposit’s high-grade core deeper than it sat a year ago. The vertical extent of the high-grade subdomain grew 17% to 644 metres, while strike length held at 210 metres. […]

Q2 Metals Drills 1.57% Li₂O Over 403.7 Metres At Cisco

Q2 Metals Corp. (TSXV: QTWO) is reporting what it is calling its best drill hole to date at the Cisco lithium project in Quebec, with hole CS26-093 encountering three separate mineralized pegmatite intervals. Highlights from the hole include: The three intervals collectively account for roughly 678 metres of mineralized pegmatite within the 803-metre hole. Q2 said the […]

Ontario Mortgage Delinquencies Have Now Climbed Every Quarter For 4 Years

Ontario homeowners have now recorded four straight years without a quarterly improvement in severe mortgage delinquencies, setting the province apart even as some national measures of consumer credit stress begin to stabilize. Equifax Canada said 90-plus-day missed mortgage payments in Ontario increased in every quarter over the past four years, extending a deterioration that has begun […]