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Ford F-150 Fleet Has Another Serious Recall After Downshift Injury Reports

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) is recalling almost 1.4 million F-150 pickup trucks in the US after regulators and the company tied a gearshift-related defect to sudden unintended downshifts, a fault that can abruptly cut wheel speed and raise crash risk. Ford said it is aware of two injuries and one crash potentially linked to the […]

Canada Reports Six Straight Quarters Of Net Business Exits

Canada has now logged six consecutive quarters in which business exits outpaced new business creation, according to a new CFIB report. The quarterly analysis, based on Statistics Canada data, shows the imbalance had reached one of its weakest non-pandemic stretches by mid-2025, with the national exit rate at 5.6% in Q2 2025 while the entry […]

Silvercorp Hits Record Revenue Despite Q4 Production Slump

Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM) reported record revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, though operational results showed a decline in metal production compared to the same period last year. The company generated $147.4 million in revenue during the three months ended March 31, marking a 96% increase over the prior-year quarter. Despite the financial […]

Poilievre Pitches Strategic Oil and Minerals Reserve to Boost Canada’s Trade Power

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre unveiled a bold proposal this week to establish a strategic oil and minerals reserve, aiming to enhance Canada’s negotiating power in global trade and capitalize on rising commodity prices. Speaking in Toronto, he framed the plan as a critical step toward making Canada affordable at home and unbreakable abroad. The reserve […]

Santacruz Silver Navigates Power Disruptions and Infrastructure Delays in Mixed Q1

Santacruz Silver Mining (TSXV: SCZ) reported mixed production results for the first quarter of 2026, as a strong recovery at its Bolivar mine in Bolivia was offset by operational headwinds in Mexico. The company produced 1,341,499 ounces of silver during the quarter, representing a negligible decline from the 1,343,607 ounces produced in the fourth quarter […]

Second Mali Gold Mine Materializes With Backing From Gupta Office

The family office of Indian businessman Gagan Gupta has agreed to fund a second gold mine in Mali, with Eagle Eye Asset Holdings signing a binding $120 million gold stream with Cora Gold to finance the Sanankoro project through to production, subject to permitting and final documentation. The deal follows Eagle Eye’s earlier backing of […]

Mamdani Is Taxing NYC Billionaires—and Trump Is Furious

President Donald Trump lashed out at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday, accusing him of destroying the city with tax policies — one day after Mamdani announced a new levy targeting the ultrawealthy second-home owners who sit squarely within Trump’s donor base. The target of Trump’s frustration is a newly announced pied-à-terre tax […]

Retired Lawyer Sues to Block Trump Coin, Citing 160-Year-Old Federal Law

A retired Oregon lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the US Mint from producing a commemorative gold coin bearing President Donald Trump’s likeness, arguing that a statute barring living figures from US currency — on the books since 1866 — makes the plan flatly illegal. James Rickher, a former federal employee and […]

The Law That Lets the Government Read Your Texts Just Got a 10-Day Extension

The House passed a 10-day extension of the government’s warrantless surveillance powers at 2:09 a.m. Friday, kicking a deepening Republican civil war over the program to April 30 after two separate votes on longer-term renewals collapsed on the House floor. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires Monday, now heads to the […]

Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 4.7, But Its Most Powerful Model Stays Locked Away

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.7 on Thursday, its most capable generally available AI model to date, while continuing to withhold a more powerful system from the public over concerns about its potential for cybersecurity attacks. The new model delivers a 13% lift on coding benchmarks, resolves three times more production tasks than its predecessor, and […]