RBC Capital Markets hosted a conference of major Canadian bank CEOs who signalled relatively low loan growth for 2026 and emphasised cost control through technology and AI. Analysts also flagged margin support from higher rates and recent moves in the USD/CAD exchange rate.
The article reports the company has finalized a 4,000‑metre drill program at the Zacatecas Silver Project pending final approvals and highlights the Esperanza Gold Project alongside recent improvements in Mexico's open‑pit permitting environment.
UBC Okanagan researchers describe a dual-layer membrane that in laboratory tests removed nearly all microplastics and captured more than 98 per cent of nanoplastics from landfill leachate, and the membrane can be cleaned and reused.
AGF Management Limited will release its fiscal 2025 financial results on January 27, 2026. The firm emphasizes a disciplined, responsible approach and says its investment capabilities span fundamental, quantitative and private strategies for a wide global client base.
Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch no earlier than Feb. 5, 2026, with four crew including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen; the mission will fly around the Moon on Feb. 10 and return Feb. 15 and could surpass Apollo 13's decades-old distance record.
Farmers began a 48-hour blockade of major highways and toll stations across Greece to protest rising production costs and a proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal; police allowed emergency vehicles and redirected traffic. The government announced concessions including cheaper electricity rates for farmers and fuel tax rebates while warning it will not tolerate extended closures.
Surge Copper completed a 2025 multidisciplinary drilling and data-validation program at the 100%-owned Berg Project, recording 4,143 metres of diamond drilling and resampling 17 historic core holes. The article reports the work is intended to support a Pre-Feasibility Study planned for H1 2026.
Trinidad Chambliss is from Grand Rapids, Michigan and rose from Division II Ferris State to become Ole Miss's starter; his mother Cheryl worked for nearly 30 years as a juvenile probation officer and now substitutes, and his father Trent is a Navy veteran who later coached and worked in education.
Norm Foster's comedy Halfway There, about four friends whose routine is upended when a heartbroken doctor arrives, will be staged next month by the Elmira Theatre Company.
Shell said its chemicals and products business will record a fourth-quarter loss after significantly lower oil trading results and an expected drop in chemicals margins; the company kept its oil, gas and LNG output forecasts within prior guidance.
