Canada’s Exports to UK Surge $9.7B, Driven Almost Entirely by Gold
Canada’s merchandise exports to the United Kingdom jumped $9.7 billion from January through September 2025 compared with the same period last year, marking the largest year-over-year increase among all Canadian export markets. However, unwrought gold accounted for nearly 96% of the increase, raising questions about the sustainability of this trade expansion. Global Affairs Canada’s State […]
Ascot Resources Names Robert McLeod As CEO, Closes On First Round Of Financing
Changes are afoot at Ascot Resources (TSXV: AOT.H), who yesterday afternoon announced a series of leadership changes following a major investment by Frank Giustra’s Fiore Group. The changes coincided with the closing of the first tranche of a private placement and certain restructurings to creditor agreements. Jim Currie has stepped down as President, CEO and […]
US Strikes ISIS Targets in Northwest Nigeria, Multiple Missiles Malfunction
The United States launched cruise missile strikes against alleged Islamic State camps in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, but military analysts confirmed that multiple Tomahawk missiles malfunctioned during flight, with unexploded warheads and debris landing in populated villages. US Africa Command conducted the operation between 12:12 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. local time on December 26, […]
Trump Says US Began Land Strikes In Venezuela… Or Did He?
Claims that the US has begun land strikes on Venezuela surged overnight, but the only detailed account in the notes is reporting of a CIA drone strike earlier this month on a coastal port facility that sources say Trump has been referencing. “Major explosion in the dock area, where they load the boats up with […]
Canada Deportations Hit Decade High
Canada has deported more foreign nationals this year than at any point in the past decade, removing over 18,000 people in the 2024-25 fiscal year as the government responds to mounting public frustration over housing shortages and immigration levels. The Canada Border Services Agency now removes approximately 400 people from the country each week, according […]
Iran Central Bank Chief Resigns As Protests Flare Over Rial Plunge
Iran’s central bank governor Mohammad Reza Farzin has resigned, with President Masoud Pezeshkian accepting the move against a backdrop of inflation-induced protests. The immediate backdrop is the rial’s latest free-market breakdown. Reuters cited an open-market print around 1,390,000 rial per $1, alongside soaring inflation and a widening economic crisis framing. Iranian state media reported that […]
China Investment in Canada Hits $60 Billion
Foreign direct investment from China and Hong Kong in Canada totaled more than $60 billion by the end of 2023, making the two economies the third-largest source of overseas capital in the country, according to Statistics Canada data. The Globe and Mail reports that Alberta received roughly half of this investment, as the province maintained […]
One Seat Away: What Will It Take for Carney to Secure His Majority?
Two Conservative MPs have crossed the floor to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government in recent weeks, bringing the party within one seat of a majority and intensifying scrutiny of Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre ahead of a January leadership review. Michael Ma, who represents Markham-Unionville in Ontario, announced on December 11 that he would […]
Kazakhstan’s New Law Tightens Kazatomprom Uranium JV Terms For Foreign Partners
Kazatomprom on Monday stated that Kazakhstan’s president has signed a law that gives the national uranium company more control over new discoveries and tighter conditions for extending or expanding uranium joint ventures with foreign partners. In essence, Kazakhstan is saying “new uranium finds and future growth decisions should be mostly ours,” using two big thresholds, […]
Silver47 Reports Discovery Of FOMO Zone At Red Mountain After Sampling 1,793 g/t Silver Equivalent
Silver47 Exploration (TSXV: AGA) this morning is reporting the discovery of a new high-grade massive sulfide zone at their Red Mountain Project in Alaska. The discovery follows a property-wide prospecting and rock sampling program that was conducted at the property, covering a widely dispersed 60 kilometre trend of silver-rich polymetallic occurrences.