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Sitka Gold Corp. Closes Oversubscribed $4.69 Million Private Placement, With Participation by Sprott Asset Management LP

VANCOUVER, CANADA – TheNewswire - June 8, 2022: Sitka Gold Corp. ("Sitka" or the "Company") (CSE:SIG) (FSE:1RF) (OTCQB:SITKF) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement for total gross proceeds of approximately $4,686,560 (the "Offering") through the issuance of 20,489,177 flow-through units (the "FT…

Benzinga · Jun 13, 2022

Revenge of the Earthworms

A gardener’s best friend? Think again. How invasive earthworms are wreaking havoc on our ecosystems

The Walrus · Jun 13, 2022

BWXT Medical, TRIUMF Agree To Manufacture High Purity Ac-225 Based Products

BWX Technologies Inc (NYSE:BWXT) subsidiary BWXT Medical Ltd. and TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre, have established a licensing and services agreement. The agreement strengthens their existing partnership for the production of medical isotopes. It enables BWXT Medical to manufacture high purity Actinium-225 (Ac-225) based products for pharmaceutical companies as it continues to…

Benzinga · Jun 13, 2022

Canada decries official's visit to Russian embassy event

It was "unacceptable" for a Canadian official to have attended Russia Day celebrations at the country's embassy in Canada, foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday.

Reuters · Jun 13, 2022

China's wall of public-health distrust

China's urban populations have been enduring some of the most intense infection-prevention measures of the Covid-19 pandemic. For 60 straight days, Shanghai's 27 million residents were forced into a strict lockdown -- and they were not alone. During the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave in the past two months,…

Bangkok Post · Jun 12, 2022

Quebec focuses on French-speaking immigrants as companies plead for workers

Quebec's plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.

Reuters · Jun 12, 2022

Living water: Northern Indigenous communities’ use and perceptions of drinking water

In Indigenous communities that have lacked access to safe water for years, getting access to a safe water supply is crucial. However, perceptions of the water supply — not just how it tastes and smells, but also trust in the source’s safety — affect consumption.

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2022

Why New Zealand is right to call out Canada on its dairy industry

When it comes to dairy and free trade, Canada wants it both ways. New Zealand’s dairy dispute with Canada reveals the ongoing tensions within Canada’s trade agenda.

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2022

‘A healing journey’: Residential school survivors and the Church

Following the pope’s apology, can Indigenous residential school survivors forgive the Catholic Church?

Al Jazeera · Jun 12, 2022

‘My responsibility’: tracing the graves of early black settlers in Canada

A black film-maker is using ground-penetrating radar to find 28 potential sites of unmarked graves and headstones

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022