Canopy Growth Collects $53 Million From Sale Of Hershey Drive Facility
Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) has completed the sale of its flagship location in Smith Falls, Ontario, in an effort to bolster its cash position. The company has sold the facility back to Hershey Canada in exchange for C$53 million in cash as it transitions to an asset-light operating model. The strategy has resulted in the […]
Guy Who Shot a YouTuber Harassing Him for a Prank Video Has Been Acquitted of Primary Charge
A Virginia jury has acquitted delivery driver Alan Colie of the main charge of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting incident involving YouTube prankster Tanner Cook. The incident occurred in April at the Dulles Town Center mall, captured in a video shown to the jurors during the trial. While Colie was found not guilty of […]
Lithium Americas Reportedly Close To Receiving US$1 Billion From U.S. DOE For Thacker Pass
Last week, several media sources reported that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may lend more than US$1 billion to Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) to support construction at the company’s Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. The DOE and Lithium Americas are apparently negotiating the terms of the loan. The outlay would be the largest loan ever awarded […]
BBBY: Bed Bath & Beyond Shares Get Delisted Following Bankruptcy Plan Taking Effect
Bed Bath & Beyond (OTC: BBBYQ) is officially ceasing trade on public markets. The halt follows the company filing for bankruptcy on April 23 via a Chapter 11 filing in New Jersey. The company, who officially made the filing as “20230930-DK-Butterfly-1, Inc.”, late on Friday made a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating […]
EU Designates X As A Leading Disinformation Source
EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova has identified the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, as the primary source of misinformation and disinformation among major online platforms. Speaking during a meeting with signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation, which includes major players like Facebook, Google, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn, Jourova highlighted the […]
Fisker Secures US$150 Million Investment from a Single Investor
On September 29, start-up electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) announced that it had raised US$150 million of growth capital from an existing (unidentified) institutional investor. The investor purchased US$170 million (principal amount) of zero coupon convertible notes due in 2025. Fisker received US$150 million in proceeds from the offering. Fisker did not disclose the stock conversion price […]
Justin Trudeau: Fighting Climate Change is the Solution to Affordability
As Canadians grapple with worsening affordability issues, ranging from housing, food, to energy— the federal government— doing little to fix immediate escalating prices but lots to profess it’s climate agenda— is vigorously moving along with a nation-wide net-zero electricity transition by 2035. Why? Because fighting climate change is the solution to affordability! Certainly, cleaner air […]
Jewish Orgs Petition To Cancel “The Danger Elon Musk And X Represent To Jews”
In a resounding chorus of disapproval, nearly 100 leaders from Jewish organizations, journalists, and rabbis have united in a letter denouncing Elon Musk for his alleged role in fostering an environment of rampant antisemitism on X, the social media platform formerly recognized as Twitter. The missive outlines a comprehensive critique, arguing that it is not […]
Right-Wingers Are Afraid of Taylor Swift
Singer Taylor Swift is proving to be one of the most influential voices in the world today. On Tuesday, the singer helped register 38,000 new voters with a single Instagram Story. In the story, Swift encouraged her 272 million followers to register to vote via Vote.org. “I’ve been so lucky to see so many of […]
Canada’s Great Grocery Ripoff
On our last episode, we discussed the Liberal government’s unconvincing and empty threat to tax Canada’s grocery chains if they don’t all submit convincing plans to stabilize grocery prices by Thanksgiving. Everything that’s left of Canadian news media has been all over this story all year on the behalf of the grocery buying, food-eating public. […]