OBIO® Celebrates Women Leaders in Life Sciences and Health Tech with Investment in Block Biosciences and Launch of Entrepreneurship Training...
OBIO marked International Women’s Month by awarding a $100,000 investment to Block Biosciences and a $10,000 audience‑choice prize to Arche Biotechnologies, highlighting the third cohort of its Women in Health Initiative (WiHI) Seed Program. The cohort of nine women‑led companies received six months of advisory services, network access, and non‑dilutive funding. OBIO also celebrated the first anniversary of its WeSEED partnership with FACIT and announced a new Entrepreneurship Training Program for Women in STEM, running March‑June 2026 with the University of Toronto’s PRiME and BioLabs. The initiatives aim to close financing gaps and accelerate commercialization for women founders in life sciences and health tech.
Elavon and Liberis Expand Partnership Enabling Small Businesses to Access Fast Funding
Elavon and Liberis have extended their partnership to Canada, launching Quick Capital – a revenue‑based financing product embedded directly in the Elavon merchant portal. The solution targets more than 202,000 Canadian small‑to‑medium businesses, offering fast, flexible funding with minimal paperwork...
Drilling Resumes on Berrigan Zinc, Gold, Silver Property Under Option From Chibougamau Independent Mines
Chibougamau Independent Mines announced that its partner TomaGold has resumed drilling on the Berrigan zinc‑gold‑silver property to extend five holes into a newly discovered multi‑metal zone beneath the known mineralized horizon. Phase 1 results already showed high‑grade intersections, including up to...
Bet365 Partners with TestMu AI to Accelerate Global Release Velocity with Agentic AI Quality Engineering
bet365 has partnered with TestMu AI, the first full‑stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform, to consolidate its software testing across a single interface. The collaboration gives bet365 access to over 3,000 browser/OS combinations and more than 10,000 real iOS and...
Perseus Operating Group of Constellation Software Completes Acquisition of IronHQ
Perseus Operating Group, the acquisition arm of Constellation Software, announced the closing of its purchase of IronHQ, a cloud‑based quoting, inventory management and CRM platform serving agriculture and construction equipment dealers. The deal, completed in early 2026, adds a proven...
Takeda’s Zasocitinib Delivered Rapid and Durable Skin Clearance in a Convenient Once-Daily Pill, Affirming Promise to Reshape Psoriasis Care
Takeda announced that its oral TYK2 inhibitor zasocitinib delivered rapid and durable skin clearance in two global Phase 3 LATITUDE trials involving 693 and 1,108 moderate‑to‑severe plaque psoriasis patients. The drug met both co‑primary endpoints—sPGA 0/1 and PASI 75 at week 16—showing statistically significant...
Charting the Global Economy: Extensive Growth Toll From Iran War
The Iran war has triggered a synchronized downturn in global business sentiment, with purchasing‑manager indexes falling across Australia, India, Europe and the United States. Surging oil prices are driving the fastest input‑cost inflation in Germany in three years and pushing...
JPMorgan’s Institutional Clients Are Asking About Climate Tipping Points
JPMorgan Chase’s institutional client base is increasingly probing climate‑related tipping points, especially the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Sarah Kapnick, the bank’s global head of climate advisory, says investors view the shift from a linear to a...
Helios Consortium Offer for CAB
On 12 February 2026 the Helios Consortium announced a cash offer to acquire all outstanding CAB Payments shares at US$1.15 per share. The offer is now backed by shareholders controlling roughly 52.7% of CAB’s capital, making it the only firm, deliverable bid...
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. – Falcon Provides Update on Transaction with Tamboran
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. announced that the British Columbia Supreme Court approved the final order needed to complete its pending transaction with Tamboran Resources, subject to amendments addressing shareholders under sanctions. The court’s decision follows shareholder Lamesa Holding’s opposition...
Cleanfarms Announces Retirement Plan for Executive Director Barry Friesen
Cleanfarms announced that founding Executive Director Barry Friesen will retire on April 2 2026 after more than a decade of leadership. Under his guidance the organization grew from a single‑person startup to a national stewardship body operating ten agricultural‑waste programs. Cleanfarms now recycles...
G Mining Ventures Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2025 Results; First Full Year of Commercial Production at Tocantinzinho Drives Strong Cash...
G Mining Ventures Corp. posted strong Q4 and full‑year 2025 results, marking the first full year of commercial production at its Tocantinzinho mine with 171,871 ounces of gold produced. The operation generated $255 million in free cash flow and $288 million in...
Smith Calls for New Southbound Pipelines, Says U.S. Could Call ‘First Dibs’ on Canadian Oil Exports
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith urged the construction of new southbound pipelines capable of moving roughly 2.5 million barrels per day of crude to the United States, positioning Canadian oil as a solution to lingering U.S. import gaps. She reiterated Alberta’s ambition...
Government Fails to Offer Fair Deal to CUPE Long Term Care Workers; Union Prepares for Strike
The Canadian Union of Public Employees’ Lead Table for long‑term care workers in Nova Scotia announced a bargaining impasse after the provincial government presented the same contract proposal for the fifth time. Union leaders called the offer unfair and said...
Pan American Announces Revised PEA for the La Colorada Skarn Project, Positions La Colorada as a Future Top-Tier Silver Mine
Pan American Silver released a revised Preliminary Economic Assessment for its 100% owned La Colorada Skarn Project in Zacatecas, Mexico, outlining a 15,000‑tonne‑per‑day plant and a 37‑year mine life. The plan combines newly identified high‑grade veins with the existing skarn deposit,...
Stack Capital Group Inc. Announces Best Efforts Financing for Up to $15,000,000
Stack Capital Group Inc. announced a best‑efforts private placement to raise up to CAD 15 million (≈ US $11 million). The deal splits into a LIFE Offering of 466,666 units at CAD 18.75 each (≈ US $13.9) for up to CAD 8.75 million (≈ US $6.5 million) and a Concurrent Private Placement of...
Bloomen Announces the Easiest Way to Send Fresh Flowers Across the Greater Toronto Area
Bloomen, a Canadian‑owned floral delivery service, announced enhanced same‑day delivery options across the Greater Toronto Area. Customers can order online and receive bouquets before 11 a.m. or 3 p.m. on weekdays, with no intermediaries involved. The company highlights its 4.8‑star Google rating...
Korea Names BIS Veteran, Financial Stability Expert as BOK Head
South Korea announced Shin Hyun Song, a veteran BIS official and financial‑stability scholar, as its next Bank of Korea governor. The nomination comes as the BOK faces heightened uncertainty from the Iran conflict, rising oil prices and a delicate balance...
Danes Think the Unthinkable at Landmark Election Shaped by Trump
Denmark’s March 24 election is being dominated by foreign and security issues after President Donald Trump revived claims over Greenland. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced a partnership with France on nuclear deterrence and lifted defense spending to 3.5% of GDP, marking...
Quantum Biopharma Announces Closing of Initial Tranche of Private Placement Offering
Quantum BioPharma closed the first tranche of its private placement, issuing 3,750 debenture units for C$3.75 million. A director subscriber contributed C$300,000, qualifying as a related‑party transaction under MI 61‑101. The company also settled roughly C$1.12 million of debt by issuing 370,457 Class B...
Fobi AI Announces Completion Of Non-Brokered Private Placement
Fobi AI Inc. announced the closing of the third tranche of its non‑brokered private placement, issuing 7 million units at C$0.05 each and raising $350,000. The full offering totals 27,084,000 units and $1.354 million in gross proceeds. Each unit combines a common...
The Best Restaurants to Book in Copenhagen Right Now
Copenhagen has cemented its status as a world‑class dining destination, boasting 29 Michelin stars across 19 restaurants and a recent Bocuse d’Or Europe win. Bloomberg Pursuits highlights five standout venues—Ouri’s Korean sharing plates, Esmee’s French‑brasserie elegance, Fiskebar’s seafood‑centric small plates, Fu Hao’s dim‑sum legacy,...
IQM and Zurich Instruments Launch Real-Time Quantum Error Correction Demonstrator with NVIDIA NVQLink
IQM Quantum Computers, Zurich Instruments and NVIDIA announced a joint effort to build a real‑time quantum error correction (QEC) demonstrator. The system merges IQM’s 20‑qubit superconducting processor, Zurich’s ZQCS quantum control hardware, and NVIDIA’s NVQLink GPU‑accelerated link. By enabling closed‑loop,...
Schneider Electric Teams with NVIDIA to Develop Validated Blueprints to Design, Simulate, Build, Operate and Maintain Gigawatt-Scale AI Factories
Schneider Electric, NVIDIA and AVEVA unveiled a suite of validated blueprints to design, simulate, build, operate and maintain gigawatt‑scale AI factories. The new NVIDIA Vera Rubin reference design confirms 480 VAC power distribution and 45 °C loop temperatures, while supporting MaxP/MaxQ operating...
Brunswick Exploration Closes First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of $4,195,000
Brunswick Exploration closed the first tranche of a non‑brokered private placement, raising $4,195,000 from 16,780,000 units priced at $0.25 each. Each unit includes one common share and half of a warrant, with additional finder warrants issued and $274,950 in finder...
Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. Is Investigating OneMain Holdings (NYSE: OMF) for Potential Violations of the Federal Securities Laws and Encourages Investors...
Lowey Dannenberg P.C. announced an investigation into OneMain Holdings (NYSE: OMF) for possible violations of federal securities laws following a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James and 12 other state AGs. The lawsuit alleges OneMain misled borrowers...
Mink Ventures Engages Independent Trading Group as Market Maker
Mink Ventures Corp announced it has engaged Independent Trading Group to act as a market maker for its common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange, pending regulatory approval. ITG will receive CAD $5,000 per month, with an initial one‑month term...
Galderma Buys Back Shares Worth CHF 232 Million in the Context of Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Galderma announced a CHF 232 million share repurchase, buying back 1.6 million shares at CHF 143.75 each. The buyback coincides with an accelerated bookbuild offering that fully divests the selling shareholders’ remaining stake. The transaction will settle on March 13 using existing liquidity and will...
Thales Launches SkyDefender: The Integral Air and Missile Defence Dome With Artificial Intelligence
Thales unveiled SkyDefender, an AI‑enabled air and missile defence dome that spans land, sea and space. The system combines long‑range early‑warning radars and satellite sensors with medium‑ and short‑range interceptors, all managed through the SkyView command platform. Its open, modular...
Hexagon Semi’s HX77 AR Display Processor Achieves Ultra-Low Power Consumption with VeriSilicon’s Nano IP Portfolio
Hexagon Semiconductor’s new HX77 AR display processor, built on a RISC‑V heterogeneous‑computing architecture, has taped out successfully using VeriSilicon’s Nano IP portfolio. The SoC combines the GCNanoUltraV GPU, DW100 DeWarp, and DC9200Nano display IP to deliver 2K @ 60 fps output while consuming...
Great Canadian Entertainment and Semiahmoo First Nation Announce Purchase and Sale Agreement for Elements Casino Surrey
Great Canadian Entertainment announced a definitive agreement to sell the Elements Casino Surrey to the SE‑MI‑AH‑MU Development Corporation, the economic arm of Semiahmoo First Nation. The board approved the deal, which remains subject to financial commitments, regulatory clearances and City...
MAX Power Announces $20 Million Brokered Offering
MAX Power Mining Corp., the crypto‑mining firm formerly known as X, announced a $20 million brokered private placement to fund its next phase of growth. The offering, led by a syndicate of institutional investors, will be used to expand hash‑rate capacity,...
Distribution Solutions Group Announces Acquisition of Eastern Valve & Control Specialties
Distribution Solutions Group (DSG) announced the acquisition of Eastern Valve & Control Specialties, a Newfoundland‑based supplier of industrial valves and flow‑control products with roughly CAD $17 million in annual revenue. The deal was funded with DSG’s cash and credit facilities and is...
MegaWatt Announces Proposed Consolidation of Shares
MegaWatt Lithium and Battery Metals Corp. announced a proposed share consolidation at a 12‑to‑1 ratio, reducing its outstanding common shares from roughly 37.25 million to about 3.1 million. The consolidation will be effective once approved by the Canadian Securities Exchange, with no...
Altius Minerals Corporation and Lithium Royalty Corp. Complete Plan of Arrangement
Altius Minerals Corp. completed a court‑approved plan of arrangement to acquire Lithium Royalty Corp., issuing 9,630,177 Altius common shares and C$140.0 million in cash to LRC shareholders. The transaction delisted LRC from the Toronto Stock Exchange and added its portfolio of...
The Estée Lauder Companies and Forest Essentials to Enter a New Chapter in Their Long-Term Partnership
The Estée Lauder Companies announced it will acquire the remaining interests in Forest Essentials, completing full ownership of the Indian luxury Ayurveda brand. The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, is slated to close in the second half of 2026 and...
Conifex Announces Secured Term Loan with BDC Under the Softwood Lumber Guarantee Program
Conifex Timber’s subsidiary Conifex Mackenzie Forest Products secured a $19 million term loan from the Business Development Bank of Canada under the Softwood Lumber Guarantee Program. The loan carries a floating rate equal to BDC’s base rate less 0.60 % and permits...
TELUS and AST SpaceMobile Partner to Bring Space-Based Cellular Broadband Connectivity to Every Corner of Canada
TELUS and AST SpaceMobile have signed a commercial agreement to deliver space‑based cellular broadband across Canada, with service targeted for late 2026. TELUS will invest in ground‑based satellite infrastructure and take an equity stake in AST, aligning the two firms long‑term....
Brookfield Asset Management Announces $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program
Brookfield Asset Management announced a new private‑placement commercial paper program with a $1 billion ceiling. The unsecured notes will be issued on a short‑term basis to diversify the firm’s funding mix and bolster its balance sheet. Proceeds are slated for general...
Charlotte-Based SouthCraft Home Builders Rebrands as SouthCraft by Empire Homes
SouthCraft Home Builders announced it will operate as SouthCraft by Empire Homes, reflecting its 2025 acquisition by Empire Homes. Matt Roesch, a veteran homebuilder, was named division president to steer the rebranded unit. The new brand leverages Empire’s scale and...
Eagle Energy Metals and Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II Announce Closing of Business Combination
Eagle Energy Metals Corp. completed its business combination with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II, creating Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. The new company will begin Nasdaq trading on February 25, 2026 under the ticker symbols NUCL and NUCLW. The merger pairs the largest...