Joe Rogan’s sold out Vancouver show rescheduled due to vaccine mandates
12/30/2021 10:47 AMJoe Rogan’s sold out Vancouver show, scheduled for April 20, has been canceled after the podcast host said he likely would be unable to enter Canada from the U.S., where he lives, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. In a Dec. 24 episode of his podcast, “The...
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Schachter’s Eye on Energy for December 29
12/29/2021 12:15 PMEach week Josef Schachter gives you his insights into global events, price forecasts and the fundamentals of the energy sector. Josef offers a twice monthly Black Gold newsletter covering the general energy market and 30 energy, energy service and pipeline &...
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Chinese mobile phone giant pulling out of Canada amid security concerns
12/29/2021 11:40 AMOne of China’s biggest state-owned, mobile phone networks appears to be pulling out of Canada, on the back of a federal government court order which centred on security concerns. China Mobile International (CMI) announced on its website on Tuesday that it would be...
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2022 Will Be A Pivotal Year For Mining
12/29/2021 10:59 AMThe global mining industry is facing its most important decade ever as the world races to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. The energy transition has sparked a race for critical metals used in solar power and battery technology. Miners will also have to keep...
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December 29th Episode – Year in Review
12/29/2021 8:18 AMMike, Jim Thorne, Ozzie, Victor and Michael weigh in on the biggest takeaways of 2021 that will directly impact your financial well being - from stocks to real estate to the cost of living. Hint: the shocking stat deals with one that will cost ever worker in the...
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Ethereum whales dumping ETH as price slides below $4K, data shows
12/28/2021 11:20 AMThe number of Ethereum addresses holding at least 1,000 ETH dropped to a four-year low this week. Ethereum is having difficulty keeping its richest investors in line as its native token, Ether (ETH), hints at logging more losses in the near term. Blockchain data...
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$50B in key spending promises missing from feds’ fiscal forecasts: Budget watchdog
12/28/2021 11:00 AMCanada’s budget watchdog says the deficit forecast laid out by the federal government in its Economic and Fiscal Update will likely be higher than expected because roughly $50 billion in key spending promises from the Liberal Party’s election campaign were omitted....
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Germany: Thousands protest against COVID measures
12/28/2021 10:45 AMTowns across eastern Germany saw the largest turnouts in protests against a planned vaccine mandate and new restrictions. At least 10 police officers have reportedly been injured in riots in Saxony. Thousands of people demonstrated on Monday against coronavirus...
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Base B.C.’s new economic plan on fiscal realities, not PR buzzwords
12/23/2021 2:08 PMLast summer, the BC NDP government retained Mariana Mazzucato, a celebrity academic who is a professor at University College London (UCL), “to advise on the future of the economy as B.C. develops a long-term … plan that will steer the province through the...
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Criminals have stolen nearly $100 billion in Covid relief funds, Secret Service says
12/23/2021 12:23 PMCriminals have stolen close to $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday. The stolen funds were diverted by fraudsters from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and...
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