Cameco Sees Realized Uranium Prices Climb to US$66 a Pound in Q1
Cameco (TSX: CCO) delivered a sharp jump in first quarter earnings, with higher sales volumes, firmer uranium prices and a stronger contribution from its Westinghouse stake combining to lift results well above the same period last year. The uranium producer reported net earnings of $131 million for the quarter ended March 31, up from $70 […]
Two Dead in Blast at Kazakhstan’s Largest Zinc Plant Owned by Glencore
A devastating explosion at the Kazzinc zinc plant in eastern Kazakhstan, majority-owned by Glencore, has left two people dead and five injured. The incident, which occurred at the Ust-Kamenogorsk complex, involved a dust-collection unit that triggered a fire and caused the partial collapse of a building. Emergency response teams acted swiftly to extinguish the blaze, […]
Coinbase Cuts 14% of Employees, Bets on AI to Redefine Crypto Exchange
Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), a leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced a 14% reduction in its workforce on Tuesday, impacting an estimated 693 employees out of a total of 4,951. CEO Brian Armstrong framed the layoffs not as a reaction to market downturns but as a strategic pivot to an AI-driven operating model. Armstrong emphasized that artificial intelligence […]
Canada’s Wealth Gap Hits Five-Year High as Stock Gains Bypass Most Households
Canada’s wealthiest households captured their largest share of national net worth since 2020 last year, as a stock market surge widened the divide between equity holders and households whose wealth sits in real estate and mortgage debt. Statistics Canada shows the top 20% held 65.7% of Canada’s total net worth in Q4 2025, averaging $3.54 […]
Did Liberals Really Cancel A Veterans Affairs Committee Meeting On Conservatives?
Conservative MP Blake Richards’ claim that Liberals “canceled” a May 4 Veterans Affairs committee meeting is not supported by official House of Commons scheduling records, though his broader criticism over a closed-door May 6 session is partly backed by the committee notice. Richards posted a video showing Conservative MPs seated in the Standing Committee on […]
Carney Adds $270M More For Ukraine, Total Now Is $25.8B
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced another $270 million in military aid for Ukraine at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia, adding a new tranche of battlefield support and lifting Canada’s total commitment to Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion to roughly $25.8 billion. The new package is aimed at critical military capabilities, with reporting […]
China’s Most Dangerous Enemy Is Not America—It’s Its Own Birth Rate
China posted its lowest birth rate since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, with 2025 data showing the country lost 3.39 million people as deaths far outstripped births for the fourth consecutive year. Just 7.92 million births were recorded last year — less than half the total from a decade ago — while […]
Alberta Separatists Submit 300,000 Signatures to Trigger Independence Referendum
Stay Free Alberta submitted nearly 302,000 petition signatures to Elections Alberta on Monday, surpassing the 178,000-signature threshold needed to potentially place a referendum on provincial independence on the October ballot by nearly 70%. Group leader Mitch Sylvestre arrived in a convoy of seven trucks, met by more than 300 supporters waving provincial flags. Premier Danielle […]
Canada Fast-Tracks Permanent Residency for 33,000 Rural Workers
Canada’s immigration department will accelerate permanent residence for up to 33,000 temporary foreign workers in smaller and rural communities, fast-tracking applications through a one-time initiative first flagged in last year’s federal budget. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab announced progress on the In-Canada Workers Initiative, which draws from existing application inventories rather than opening new intake. […]
Breaking: US Tanker Disappears Over Strait of Hormuz as Project Freedom Enters Second Day
A US Air Force KC-135 refueling tanker disappeared from radar over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday after broadcasting a 7700 squawk code — the international general emergency signal — according to open-source flight tracking data and social media reports. Two H125 light utility helicopters lifted off from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar shortly […]