3 h. ago Great Quest Gold Enters Into Letter Agreement With Lotus Gold in Respect of a Proposed Reverse Takeover

Highlights Proposed combination to create a premier African gold exploration company with assets in Namibia and Egypt and a pipeline of other potential gold & copper opportunities in southern Africa. Current premium portfolio of assets situated in world class gold production jurisdictions New leadership and technical team to be appointed with track-record of unlocking shareholder […]

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4 h. ago Menendez brothers resentenced, the pair now eligible for parole

The brothers were convicted in 1996 for murdering their father, Jose Menendez — a powerful record executive — and their mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.

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5 h. ago Sony racks up record profit on robust performance for music, movies and games

TOKYO — Japanese technology and entertainment company Sony logged an 18% rise in profit for the fiscal year through March on healthy results at its music and video-game operations. Its chief executive, Hiroki Totoki, outlined the company’s strategy for growth Wednesday, stressing that collaboration among Sony Corp.’s various segments, like animation and music, were crucial […]

Sport

6 h. ago Microsoft Is cutting thousands of employees across the company, including at LinkedIn

Tech giant has been under pressure in recent years to keep a lid on costs

Economics

6 h. ago FIRST READING: The extremely bad housing record of Canada’s new housing minister

As Vancouver mayor, Gregor Robertson oversaw an explosion in unaffordability unlike any ever seen

Politics

18 h. ago Saskatoon’s overdose numbers are once again hitting record levels

After a brief reprieve, overdose numbers are hitting record levels again in Saskatoon. In the span of three days, the Saskatoon Fire Department responded to 30 overdose calls.

Sport

18 h. ago Cleanfarms Celebrates 15 Years of Agricultural Sustainability Leadership

ETOBICOKE, Ontario, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cleanfarms marks its 15th anniversary as a global leader in agricultural waste management, having collected over 97,000,000 kg of agricultural waste materials from Canadian farms since programming began. Since inception, Cleanfarms, a Canadian not-for-profit industry stewardship organization has become a global leader in collecting, recycling, and safely […]

Politics

20 h. ago Chemtrade Announces Voting Results From Annual Meeting of Unitholders

TORONTO — Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX: CHE.UN) (the “Fund”) today announced results for matters voted on at the Fund’s annual meeting of unitholders held in Toronto on May 13, 2025. A total of 37,463,472 units, or 32.24% of the Fund’s issued and outstanding units as at the record date, were voted by proxy in […]

Economics

20 h. ago Amazon driver caught on video pooping and peeing at Los Angeles homes

Two home owners in Los Angeles received an additional but unexpected delivery on Mother’s Day. TV station KTLA said it received separate videos from shocked residents that showed an Amazon delivery driver relieve herself by pooping at one home and peeing at another in Woodland Hills. The first video recorded the woman making a delivery […]

Transport

22 h. ago 1,000 jobs in Ontario up in the air as Honda postpones $15B EV plant

Honda Canada has announced a two-year pause on its Ontario investments that included retooling an assembly facility and building an electric vehicle (EV) plant.The company says that the current Honda plant in Alliston, Ontario, won't be affected, but the company will be evaluating the EV market over the next two years to decide what to do.Beyond the retooling and the EV plant, the automaker was also slated to make two key battery parts facilities in Ontario. This project was expected to create another 1,000 autoworker jobs in the province, bringing Honda's job offerings in Ontario to 4,200. The plant was expected to make 240,000 vehicles per year.Honda first announced the project in the spring of 2024 and was set to receive $5 billion, split between federal tax credits and support from the Ontario government. A report in the Toronto Star says that the province is still in close contact with Honda and it has reaffirmed its commitment to building in Ontario...

Economics

24 h. ago Samsung debuts pricey S25 Edge, kicking off wave of thin phones

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday rolled out a slimmed-down Galaxy S25 Edge smartphone, kicking off a wave of drastically thinner handsets expected t launch this year. The company’s latest device, which goes on sale in the US on May 30 for $1,099, is 5.8 millimeters thick and weighs 163 grams, making it about 30% thinner […]

Economics

27 h. ago Microsoft among software stocks offering haven in tariff chaos

As the Trump trade war clouds the economic outlook, software has dramatically outperformed this year relative to the rest of tech

Economics

28 h. ago Freshr Sustainable Technologies Inc. (Freshr) Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Freshr proudly announces an oversubscribed seed funding round, thanks to investments by Invest Nova Scotia, Diamond Edge Ventures, Nàdarra Ventures, BDC’s Climate Tech Fund, and Blue Tide Capital Ventures. Freshr, a Canadian innovator in sustainable active packaging, is revolutionizing the fresh protein industry—starting with fresh fish—by extending shelf life and reducing […]

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29 h. ago Canada's big telecoms are seeing fewer new users than they'd hoped

The Big Three in Canadian telecom are attributing slower subscriber growth to the country's immigration policies.As reported by Bloomberg, Bell, Rogers and Telus all blamed the business slump on the federal government's recent decision to limit the number of immigrants coming into Canada. Altogether, the trio recorded fewer than 54,000 net new mobile subscribers in the first quarter, which was the lowest amount in four years.In October, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a roughly 20 percent reduction in the number of permanent residents Canada would allow in 2025 and 2026.While Canada had welcomed a surge of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic to address labour shortages, Trudeau acknowledged last year that his government "didn't get the balance quite right." This came amid strains on the housing and health care systems amid the skyrocketing population.Naturally, then, it makes sense that fewer Canadian newcomers would re...

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30 h. ago Japanese tech giant SoftBank records its first profit in 4 years

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted its first profit in four years Tuesday, as it raked in gains from its investment portfolios. SoftBank warned of major uncertainties ahead because of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, tensions between the U.S. and China, and other global conflicts. Tokyo-based Softbank’s profit for the fiscal year […]

Sport

32 h. ago Nissan slashes 15% of its global work force as the Japan automaker sinks into losses

TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is slashing about 15% of its global work force, or about 20,000 employees, as the Japanese automaker reported a loss Tuesday for the fiscal year that just ended amid slipping vehicle sales in China and other nations, and towering restructuring costs. Nissan Motor Corp. said it will reduce the number of […]

Transport

37 h. ago World trade chief says global free trade is in a ‘crisis’ while on visit to Japan

TOKYO (AP) — Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, told Ishiba that she has high expectations for Japan as a champion of open markets as U.S. President Donald […]

Economics

44 h. ago DATA Communications Management Corp. Reports Q1 2025 Financial Results

FIRST QUARTER 2025 SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS Net income was $5.1 million in the quarter vs. $1.5 million in Q1 2024 Adjusted net income1 was $5.2 million compared to $4.9 million in Q1 2024 Revenues were $123.7 million in the first quarter vs. $129.3 million in Q1 2024 Gross profit as a percentage of revenues was […]

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45 h. ago Beyond Oil Announces Exercise of Warrants and Purchase of Warrant Shares by Clal Insurance

Beyond Oil Receives C$2.166M in Warrant Exercise Proceeds from 1,836,766 Warrants VANCOUVER, BC and KIBBUTZ YIFAT, Israel, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beyond Oil Ltd. (CSE: BOIL) (OTCQB: BEOLF) (Frankfurt: UH9) (“Beyond Oil” or the “Company“), a food-tech innovation company dedicated to reducing health risks associated with fried food while lowering operational costs, minimizing […]

Economics

46 h. ago State AI Regulation Ban Tucked Into Republican Tax, Fiscal Bill

A powerful House committee has tucked language preventing states from regulating artificial intelligence into President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, a move that would benefit many of the US’s largest tech and AI companies.

Economics