Gold Jumps as Prospects of Iran Deal Temper Inflation Concerns
Gold surged up to 1.6% to about $4,580 an ounce as reports of a tentative U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz eased inflation worries. The rally erased a modest loss from the previous week but remained muted amid lingering doubts about the deal’s final wording. Meanwhile, traders anticipate the Federal Reserve will begin raising rates by December, a factor that traditionally weighs on non‑yielding assets like gold. The market’s optimism is tempered by thin holiday liquidity and the need for concrete Iranian cooperation.
Japan Bond Yield Surge Deepens Regional Bank Stock Divide
Japan’s long‑term government‑bond yields have surged to multi‑decade highs, driven by soaring energy prices and fears of increased fiscal debt issuance. The rise has split regional lenders: banks such as North Pacific and Senshu Ikeda, burdened by large unrealised bond...
Russia Fired Oreshnik Missile at Ukraine as Part of Barrage
Russia unleashed a massive barrage of 90 missiles and 600 drones on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, including a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile that struck the regional centre of Bila Tserkva. Ukrainian air defenses claimed to have shot down 55 missiles...
China Coal Mine Blast Tests Limits of Xi’s Energy Security Push
A blast at the privately owned Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi killed at least 82 workers, prompting a massive rescue effort and a direct response from President Xi. The disaster has triggered nationwide safety inspections and could temporarily curb coal...
Exclusive Interview: ‘Innovate or Evaporate’ — Why the AI Productivity Gap Is the Biggest Threat to Canadian SMEs
In an exclusive interview, Yanik Guillemette warns that Canadian small‑and‑medium enterprises are falling behind U.S. rivals because executives view AI as a risky capital outlay rather than a competitive necessity. He cites a national study showing a pronounced AI adoption...
1,000% Stock Boom Frees Vietnam Tycoon to Pour Cash Into EVs
Vietnam’s richest man, Pham Nhat Vuong, poured $2.5 billion into his electric‑vehicle venture VinFast in 2023, including a $900 million cash injection and $1.59 billion for R&D assets. Despite generating $3.59 billion in revenue, VinFast recorded a near‑$4 billion loss as it expanded production to...
Neo Performance Materials Announces C$100 Million Bought Deal Treasury Offering of Common Shares
Neo Performance Materials announced a bought‑deal offering of 3.48 million common shares at C$28.75 each (≈US$21.30), targeting gross proceeds of roughly C$100 million (≈US$74 million). A syndicate led by BMO Capital Markets will purchase the shares, with a 15% over‑allotment option for market‑stabilization....
Neo Partners with Greenland Mines to Advance Sarfartoq Rare Earth Project
Neo Performance Materials announced that its subsidiary Neo North Star Holdings will merge its 43.69% stake in Neo North Star Resources into Greenland Mines for $35 million—$20 million in cash and $15 million in Greenland Mines shares. The deal gives Greenland Mines full...
Consistently Recognised: Infobip Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPaaS Again
Infobip has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Communications Platform‑as‑a‑Service (CPaaS) for the fourth year in a row, again topping the Completeness of Vision axis. The Croatian‑based AI‑first cloud communications firm highlighted its new AgentOS,...
Osisko Development Announces Proposed Offering of US$275.0 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of Convertible Senior Notes
Osisko Development Corp. announced a proposed private placement of up to $275 million of convertible senior notes due 2031, including a $225 million base offering and an optional $25 million over‑allotment. An affiliated investor may purchase an additional $50 million of notes in a...
DP World Partners With ISN® to Advance Contractor Management and Support Operational Growth Across Canada
DP World has selected ISN’s ISNetworld platform as its primary contractor management system for its five Canadian ports and terminals. Within two months the partnership delivered over 90% contractor compliance, more than 10 training sessions and 400+ stakeholder logins. ISN...
UK Job Cuts Accelerate as Iran War Casts Shadow on Outlook
UK employers shed 100,000 jobs in April, the sharpest payroll decline since the pandemic began, pushing total cuts to over 140,000 in the past three months. Unemployment rose to 5.5% in March, the highest rate since 2015, while vacancies fell...
Venezuela Circulates Draft of Oil Law Regulations for Companies
Venezuela’s government has begun circulating a 63‑page draft of regulations tied to its new hydrocarbons law, detailing technical, operational, fiscal and control provisions for private firms in oil and gas fields. The draft revokes the 1943 oil law and 1969...
Oatley Vigmond Named One of Canada’s Top Personal Injury Boutiques
Oatley Vigmond LLP has been named by Canadian Lawyer as one of Canada’s Top Personal Injury Boutiques for the 15th consecutive year, underscoring its dominance in catastrophic injury litigation across Ontario. The firm highlighted landmark wins, including Canada’s largest spinal‑cord injury...
Why OSFI’s New Bank Licence Pilot Project Should only Be the Beginning
Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) will launch a pilot in June to streamline bank‑licence applications, cutting the first phase to four weeks and the total timeline to 18 months. The reform targets fintechs and credit unions...
Crown Point Announces Operating and Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
Crown Point Energy reported a strong first‑quarter 2026, with oil and gas sales revenue climbing to $44.5 million on 7,875 BOE per day, more than double the prior year. Net cash from operating activities turned positive at $6.5 million, while operating netback surged to...
Hydrostor Announces Development of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage Project in Greater Napanee, Ontario
Hydrostor announced the Quinte Energy Storage Centre, an advanced compressed‑air energy storage (A‑CAES) project in Greater Napanee, Ontario. The development has secured a municipal support resolution and an Indigenous equity partnership with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, and will...
LinearB Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Developer Productivity Insight Platforms
LinearB has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Developer Productivity Insight Platforms. The analyst firm estimates the DPIP market at roughly $400 million and growing at over 40% annually. LinearB’s platform combines AI‑driven metrics, a natural‑language interface,...
Almonty Industries Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Almonty Industries reported a dramatic Q1 2026 turnaround, with revenue soaring 221% to $25.4 million and operating cash flow swinging positive to $9.7 million. The company finished the quarter with $259.9 million in cash and a $169.5 million working‑capital buffer. A formal commissioning ceremony marked...
Trump Takes Aim at Beef, Fuel Prices as Inflation Risks Mount
President Donald Trump announced a push to curb inflation‑driven costs by targeting beef and gasoline prices. He plans to sign executive orders that would expand beef imports and suspend the tariff‑rate quota, while also advocating a temporary halt to the...
Midwest Pump Prices Are Spiking at Worst Possible Time for Trump
Gasoline prices in the Midwest have surged dramatically after the Iran war, with Ohio seeing a 72% jump that dwarfs gains elsewhere. The spike has pushed a typical fill from $50 to $80, adding roughly $1.50 per gallon to the...
No Deal Reached at CUPE Long Term Care Table
Long‑term care workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) failed to secure a new contract with the Nova Scotia government, leaving negotiations deadlocked. The government’s latest proposal would lift wages to just over $23 CAD (about $17...
Philip Morris International’s Moira Gilchrist Positions Human Judgment as a Critical Leadership Advantage Amid Rapid AI Adoption at Wall Street...
At the Wall Street Journal Future of Everything conference, Philip Morris International’s chief global communications officer Moira Gilchrist argued that human judgment, intuition and creativity have become the most valuable leadership assets as AI adoption accelerates. She framed cognition as a...
Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2026
Helios Fairfax Partners reported a strong Q1 2026, posting $6.3 million net profit and $0.06 earnings per share, up sharply from $0.9 million and $0.01 a year earlier. Investment income surged to $13.1 million, driven by fair‑value gains, while the newly consolidated asset‑management unit...
Kontrol Technologies Announces Completion of Normal Course Issuer Bid
Kontrol Technologies Corp. completed its Normal Course Issuer Bid, repurchasing 1,398,000 common shares at an average price of $0.15 per share. The buyback cost roughly $213,635 and was executed between April 14, 2025 and April 13, 2026. After the transaction, the company has 53,759,169...
South Star Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement
South Star Battery Metals Corp. announced a non‑brokered private placement of up to 26,666,667 common shares at CAD $0.15 per share, targeting gross proceeds of CAD $4 million (≈US $2.9 million). The capital will fund the expansion of its Santa Cruz graphite project in Brazil to...
Rivalry Announces Failure-to-File Cease Trade Order
Rivalry Corp. (TSXV:RVLY) received a failure‑to‑file cease‑trade order from the Ontario Securities Commission after it failed to file its 2025 audited financial statements, MD&A and CEO/CFO certificates. The order bans all trading of Rivalry’s securities in Canada, with limited exceptions...
Virgo Launches U.S. Expansion, Bringing Institutional OTC Liquidity to 34 States in Collaboration With Balance
Virgo, a global institutional OTC digital‑asset trader, is launching U.S. operations across 34 states through a partnership with Balance USA, Canada’s largest regulated custodian. The collaboration gives Virgo access to Balance’s NMLS‑registered execution, custody and atomic settlement platform, ensuring pre‑funded,...
Just a Few Stocks Driving S&P 500 Rally Triggers Dot-Com Bubble Flashbacks
The S&P 500’s recent record‑setting rally is being driven by a handful of mega‑cap tech and semiconductor stocks, leaving market breadth at its narrowest levels since the late‑1990s dot‑com boom. In April, only 23 % of index constituents outperformed the benchmark, and...
AI Chipmakers in Korea, Taiwan Drive Asian Stocks to Record
Asian equities surged as AI‑focused chipmakers in South Korea and Taiwan propelled the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to a 2% gain, its highest level since April. TSMC, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix all posted record‑high shares, lifting regional tech benchmarks...
OPAQUE Acquires Abu Dhabi-Developed Cryptographic AI Technology From TII, Extending Confidential AI Across the Full Lifecycle with Post-Quantum Protection
OPAQUE, a confidential AI firm, has acquired cryptographic AI technology from Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII). The deal adds multi‑party computation, fully homomorphic encryption, and post‑quantum cryptographic protections to OPAQUE’s platform, enabling end‑to‑end confidential AI across training, inference and...
Armenia Summits Show Europe’s Caucasus Rivalry With Trump, Putin
Twin European summits in Yerevan highlighted a sharpening contest for influence in the Caucasus as Armenia pivots toward the EU and the United States. The EU announced up to $2.9 billion to boost transport, energy and digital links, while President Trump’s...
Newcore Gold Files Technical Report for the Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Enchi Gold Project, Ghana
Newcore Gold Ltd. filed a NI 43‑101 technical report confirming an updated mineral resource estimate for its Enchi Gold Project in Ghana. The indicated resource now totals 83.6 million tonnes at 0.56 g/t Au, containing about 1.5 million ounces, while the inferred resource adds...
Spanish Mountain Gold Announces Closing of First Tranche of Royalty Financing and Receipt of US$22.5 Million
Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. closed the first tranche of its royalty financing with Wheaton Precious Metals, receiving US$22.5 million. A second tranche of up to US$32.5 million remains available pending certain conditions. The capital will be used to advance the fully owned...
Potential Public Safety Power Shutoff for Hughenden and Surrounding Area
AltaLink is closely monitoring extreme wildfire conditions forecast for May 3 in Alberta’s Municipal District of Provost No. 51. If the risk remains high, the utility may execute a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), de‑energising two transmission lines and cutting power to...
Porter Introduces 4 New Winter Destinations for 2026-27 Season, Increases Sun Capacity by Greater Than 150%
Porter Airlines announced four new winter sun destinations for the 2026‑27 season, including its first international routes from Alberta, and will increase its sun‑capacity to nearly 5,000 flights—a rise of more than 150 % year‑over‑year. The carrier will add daily service...
St. Elias Mines Closes Financing
St. Elias Mines Ltd. closed a non‑brokered private placement on April 28, 2026, raising CAD 1.23 million (≈US$0.91 million) by issuing 12.275 million common shares at $0.10 each. Insiders bought 460,000 of those shares, creating a related‑party transaction that was exempted from MI 61‑101 valuation and minority‑shareholder approval requirements....
Sage Expands AI Agents Across Finance, HR and Operations to Automate Workflows and Help Teams Act Faster with Control
Sage announced a broad rollout of AI agents across its finance, HR and operations suites, embedding intelligent automation into Sage Intacct, Sage X3 and its HCM platform. The new Finance Intelligence Agent lets users issue natural‑language commands to trigger tasks...
Sharc Energy Closes Second Tranche of Debenture
SHARC Energy closed a second $300,000 tranche of unsecured convertible debentures, bringing total private‑placement proceeds to $600,000. The debentures bear an 8 % annual interest rate, mature in three years, and can be converted into common shares at $0.125 per share....
BIGG Digital Assets Inc. Reports Audited Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2025
BIGG Digital Assets Inc. posted audited FY2025 results, showing revenue modestly up 3% to CAD $12.86 million (≈US $9.4 million). The company narrowed its net loss to CAD $1.3 million (≈US $0.95 million), a $24.6 million improvement, while gross margin rose to 97.6%. Netcoins processed over $1 billion in trading...
New Report From the MPA’s Content Security Initiative Links Control Failures to Content Security Incidents Across the Entertainment Industry
The Motion Picture Association’s Trusted Partner Network released the TPN STAR Report, the first industry‑wide study linking security‑assessment data to real‑world content‑security incidents. The report finds that while most studios have basic policies, inconsistent execution of technical controls—especially MFA, vulnerability management,...
Giga Metals Announces Increase and Amendment to Non-Brokered Private Placement
Giga Metals Corp. announced an upsized non‑brokered private placement of up to 15 million units, targeting gross proceeds of CAD $1.2 million (approximately US$0.9 million). Each unit remains priced at CAD $0.08 (about US$0.06) and includes one common share plus a full warrant, with the...
Morocco Strategic Minerals Announces Upsize to Private Placement
Morocco Strategic Minerals Corp. (TSXV:MCC) announced an upsized non‑brokered private placement, increasing its target gross proceeds from $5 million to $7.5 million. The offering now comprises up to 50 million units at $0.15 each, each unit containing one common share and half of...
Blue Moon Metals Confirms Final Investment Decision to Construct Nussir Project Mine, Intention to Construct the Springer Tungsten Mine and...
Blue Moon Metals announced board approval of the final investment decision to build the Nussir copper‑gold‑silver underground mine in northern Norway, targeting a 6,000‑tonne‑per‑day operation and a 13‑year life with production slated for Q3‑2027. The company also initiated planning to...
Fed Set to Lead Uneasy G-7 With Rates Kept on Hold This Week
Policymakers across the G‑7, including the Federal Reserve, are expected to keep interest rates unchanged this week as they monitor the inflationary fallout from the Iran‑related energy shock. The Fed’s meeting may be Jerome Powell’s last, with a Justice Department...
Solar Panels and Batteries Are Changing Life in Brazil’s Amazon
Brazil’s Amazon is transitioning from diesel‑dependent micro‑generators to solar‑panel and battery microgrids, driven by falling technology costs and federal incentives. The Ministry of Mines and Energy approved 29 projects that will reach 650,000 people and avoid 800,000 metric tons of...
Is the Long-Promised Era of DIY Mortgages Finally upon Us?
CIBC has rolled out a digital switch tool that lets borrowers obtain an exclusive 4.29% three‑year fixed mortgage rate with a soft credit pull and no branch visit. The platform instantly emails a rate hold for five days and offers...
Opinion: Canada’s Hydro Power Problem Is All the Barriers Blocking It
Canada possesses at least 150,000 MW of untapped hydro potential—roughly double its current capacity—and hydro already provides over half of the nation’s electricity. Yet projects like the $25 billion Gull Island scheme are stalled by lengthy permitting processes and financing tools that...
Alzai Health Corp. Files Final Prospectus in Connection With Initial Public Offering
Alzai Health Corp. filed a final prospectus for a TSX Venture IPO, offering 8‑10 million units at $0.40 CAD (≈$0.30 USD) each, targeting $3.2‑4 M CAD (≈$2.4‑3 M USD) in gross proceeds. Each unit contains one common share and half a warrant exercisable at $0.60 CAD (≈$0.44 USD) for 24 months....
Waste Connections Announces Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
Waste Connections Inc. announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 per common share, payable on May 21, 2026 to shareholders of record as of May 6, 2026. The board will revisit the dividend each October with a long‑term goal...