7 hours ago SEIU Local 2: YVR janitors ratify deal, strike at Vancouver airport ends

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The janitors who clean Vancouver’s International Airport have ratified a new collective agreement. The strike at the airport ended on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Strike action was set to escalate today, however SEIU Local 2 suspended those actions and was able […]

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8 hours ago B.C. actor holds boot camp to learn Hallmark movie tricks of the trade

Many of the films are shot in B.C. and local actors feature prominently in the popular productions. Twenty-one Hallmark movies were shot in Vancouver last year.

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8 hours ago Continuous Biomarker Monitoring Pioneer Proton Intelligence Inc Announces a $6.95 Million Seed Raise to Initiate Human Trials for Potassium Monitoring in Patients With Kidney Disease

VANCOUVER, British Columbia & MELBOURNE, Australia — Proton Intelligence Inc., developing the first-ever Continuous Potassium Monitoring (CKM™) platform, today announced the closing of its $6.95 million USD Seed Financing round joined by SOSV, We Venture Capital, Tenmile, LongeVC, 15th Rock, Exor, and Trampoline Venture Partners. The CKM™ platform is designed to transform the management of […]

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8 hours ago DEMESNE RESOURCES LTD. ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF A THIRD TRANCHE OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING

– NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR THROUGH U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES – Vancouver, BC, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Demesne Resources Ltd. (CSE:DEME) (OTCQB:DEMRF) (“Demesne” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the third tranche (the “Third Tranche”) of its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing (the “Offering”). […]

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9 hours ago Northfield Capital Executes Share Purchase Agreements for Acquisition of Additional Interest in Voyageur Mineral

TORONTO, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northfield Capital Corporation (TSX-V: NFD.A) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into binding share purchase agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with five shareholders of Voyageur Mineral Explorers Corp. (“Voyageur”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to acquire an aggregate of 4,787,301 common shares of […]

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9 hours ago Silver Bear Announces the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Results

TORONTO — Silver Bear Resources Plc (“Silver Bear” or the “Company“) (TSX: SBR) announces the voting results of its annual general and special meeting (the “Meeting”) held today in Moscow, Russia. A total of 423,712,890 ordinary shares were voted in connection with the Meeting, representing approximately 62.46% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of […]

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11 hours ago Amber Heard speaks out on Blake Lively sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni

Amber Heard is weighing in on Blake Lively’s sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni. Last week, Lively, 37, accused her It Ends With Us director and co-star Baldoni, 40, of harassment during the making the movie, which adapted Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 novel and explores themes of domestic violence and emotional abuse. In the complaint, […]

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12 hours ago Verde Announces CEO’s Decision to End Automatic Securities Disposition Plan

SINGAPORE, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verde AgriTech Ltd. (TSX: “NPK”) (OTCQX: “VNPKF”) (“Verde” or the “Company”) announces that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Cristiano Veloso, has terminated the automatic securities disposition plan (the “ASDP“) previously announced in the Company’s press release dated September 28, 2023.1 Mr. Veloso was not in possession of […]

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12 hours ago Fredonia Mining Inc. Announces Filing of Technical Report for the Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate at El Dorado Monserrat Project, Argentina and Option Grant

TORONTO, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fredonia Mining Inc. (“Fredonia” or the “Company”) (TSXV:FRED) announces that it has filed a technical report for its wholly-owned El Dorado Monserrat (“EDM”) Gold & Silver Project, Santa Cruz province, Argentina  (the “Technical Report“) pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects” (“NI 43-101“). The […]

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