Corus Makes Cuts At Global National and Global BC in New Layoffs
Corus Entertainment is pushing its cost reductions further into the core of Global News, eliminating positions tied to its national flagship newscast and its largest western newsroom just weeks after another round removed 43 unionized television jobs across Canada. The cuts come despite substantial reductions already showing up in Corus’s expenses. In fiscal Q3, the […]
Quebec Premier Rejects Rush Behind Carney’s Trump Trade Deal
Prime Minister Mark Carney may be approaching a trade settlement with President Donald Trump, but one of Washington’s demands cannot be delivered by Ottawa alone. Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette is refusing to commit to putting American alcohol back on SDQ shelves. Fréchette said the Canada-US negotiations remain “far from over” and is seeking further assurances […]
Evergrande Founder Gets Life Sentence as $8.4B PwC Fight Continues
Hui Ka Yan’s life sentence closes the criminal case against Evergrande’s founder, but one of the largest financial claims stemming from the developer’s collapse now sits outside the company itself. Evergrande’s Hong Kong liquidators are seeking 57 billion yuan, or about $8.4 billion, from PricewaterhouseCoopers entities over allegations that the auditor was negligent in its […]
Lion One Drills 715.15 g/t Gold Over 4.2 Metres at Fiji Mine
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) has reported a record-grade gold intercept at its Tuvatu mine in Fiji in an area close enough to existing underground development that the company says most of the new high-grade intercepts could be incorporated into the mine plan within the next 12 months. The North Vancouver-based miner reported 715.15 g/t gold […]
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Atlas Salt Signs MOU with CN to Study Rail Link for Great Atlantic Salt Project
Atlas Salt (TSX: SALT) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with CN to evaluate multi-modal rail solutions for moving de-icing salt from its Great Atlantic Salt Project to customers across Eastern Canada and beyond. The agreement, announced Thursday, sets out three areas of study. Those areas include rail movement of de-icing salt on lanes […]
Steadright Breaks Ground at TitanBeach, Carried on Costs by State-Owned Partner
Steadright Critical Minerals (CSE: SCM) said this morning that preparatory infrastructure work has begun on the pilot plant at its TitanBeach titanium project in Morocco, moving a heavy mineral sands concept the company has been assembling for two years into the construction phase. Shan Tang Mining, the Moroccan special purpose vehicle that holds the asset, […]
Selkirk Copper Hits 13.12% Copper Equivalent at Minto North in Latest Phase 2 Results
Selkirk Copper Mines (TSXV: SCMI) has released a new round of assay results from the Phase 2 drill program at its Minto copper-gold-silver project, headlined by the highest grade intercept of the campaign to date. Infill hole 26SCM190 at Minto North returned 6.01% copper, 8.77 g/t gold and 36.6 g/t silver, or 13.12% copper equivalent, […]
Electra Locks In Cobalt Supply Through 2031 for North American Refinery
Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM) has secured every tonne of cobalt it needs to start up its refinery, clearing one of the larger hurdles that had been hanging over the project. The company said it extended its cobalt hydroxide purchase agreement with Glencore AG through December 31, 2031, covering 100% of the feedstock required for […]
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Foreign Holdings of US Treasuries Drop $72 Billion as Top Three Buyers Retreat
Behind Japan’s Treasury sales sits a currency-defense effort that now involves Washington directly, while China’s holdings have quietly slid to levels last seen during the 2008 financial crisis.
Russians Rush Georgia Border as Mobilization Fears Mount Ahead of Vote
Record numbers are crossing the only land border between Russia and Georgia, and the timing lines up with when Ukrainian intelligence and even Kremlin-adjacent sources expect Moscow to announce a new mobilization wave.