Travelodge has changed its chief executive while simultaneously rolling out a security overhaul across more than 600 hotels, turning a series of room-access failures into a leadership issue at a business that otherwise reported rising revenue and stable earnings. The UK budget hotel chain announced Thursday that Joanna Boydell had stepped down as CEO on […] The post Travelodge CEO Exits Amid…
Corus Entertainment is pushing its cost reductions further into the core of Global News, eliminating positions tied to its national flagship newscast and its largest western newsroom just weeks after another round removed 43 unionized television jobs across Canada. The cuts come despite substantial reductions already showing up in Corus’s expenses. In fiscal Q3, the […] The post Corus Cuts Global…
Prime Minister Mark Carney may be approaching a trade settlement with President Donald Trump, but one of Washington’s demands cannot be delivered by Ottawa alone. Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette is refusing to commit to putting American alcohol back on SDQ shelves. Fréchette said the Canada-US negotiations remain “far from over” and is seeking further assurances […] The post Quebec Premier…
Hui Ka Yan’s life sentence closes the criminal case against Evergrande’s founder, but one of the largest financial claims stemming from the developer’s collapse now sits outside the company itself. Evergrande’s Hong Kong liquidators are seeking 57 billion yuan, or about $8.4 billion, from PricewaterhouseCoopers entities over allegations that the auditor was negligent in its […] The post Evergrande…
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) has reported a record-grade gold intercept at its Tuvatu mine in Fiji in an area close enough to existing underground development that the company says most of the new high-grade intercepts could be incorporated into the mine plan within the next 12 months. The North Vancouver-based miner reported 715.15 g/t gold […] The post Lion One Drills 715.15 g/t Gold Over 4.2…
Blue Jay Gold (TSXV: JAY) has begun metallurgical test work on its Becker-Cochran antimony prospect, revisiting a deposit that was last studied in any serious way six decades ago. More than 400 kilograms of stibnite-rich material has been sent to ALS Metallurgical Laboratories in Kamloops, British Columbia, where processing flowsheet testing is now underway. Results […] The post Blue Jay Gold…
Atlas Salt (TSX: SALT) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with CN to evaluate multi-modal rail solutions for moving de-icing salt from its Great Atlantic Salt Project to customers across Eastern Canada and beyond. The agreement, announced Thursday, sets out three areas of study. Those areas include rail movement of de-icing salt on lanes […] The post Atlas Salt Signs MOU with CN…
Steadright Critical Minerals (CSE: SCM) said this morning that preparatory infrastructure work has begun on the pilot plant at its TitanBeach titanium project in Morocco, moving a heavy mineral sands concept the company has been assembling for two years into the construction phase. Shan Tang Mining, the Moroccan special purpose vehicle that holds the asset, […] The post Steadright Breaks Ground at…
Selkirk Copper Mines (TSXV: SCMI) has released a new round of assay results from the Phase 2 drill program at its Minto copper-gold-silver project, headlined by the highest grade intercept of the campaign to date. Infill hole 26SCM190 at Minto North returned 6.01% copper, 8.77 g/t gold and 36.6 g/t silver, or 13.12% copper equivalent, […] The post Selkirk Copper Hits 13.12% Copper Equivalent at…
Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM) has secured every tonne of cobalt it needs to start up its refinery, clearing one of the larger hurdles that had been hanging over the project. The company said it extended its cobalt hydroxide purchase agreement with Glencore AG through December 31, 2031, covering 100% of the feedstock required for […] The post Electra Locks In Cobalt Supply Through 2031 for…