Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Video game giant Ubisoft has closed its studio in Winnipeg, affecting around 65 employees. Company spokesperson …
Read More »Hudson’s Bay Company charter to be formally welcomed to Manitoba Museum Thursday
Dorota Blumczynska didn’t even need to look at the Manitoba Museum’s bank accounts to know it couldn’t afford to buy the royal charter that formed Canada’s oldest business when the Hudson’s Bay Company faltered last year. “Our acquisition budget as a museum has a balance of just over $4,000,” the …
Read More »Alberta trucking company at centre of fatal Manitoba crash has spotty history, records show
A trucking company at the centre of a deadly Brandon, Man., crash has a spotty record in Alberta, where it’s been registered since having its safety permit pulled in Manitoba over four years ago. Conquer Transportation Inc. was assessed as among the highest-risk transportation companies based in Alberta as of …
Read More »Canadian mining company Sherritt International halts plans to dissolve Cuba business amid sanctions
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Sherritt International Corp. says it is no longer pursuing a plan to dissolve its Cuban joint …
Read More »Vancouver-based mining company confirms the deaths of 9 of 10 workers kidnapped in Mexico
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver has confirmed that nine of its 10 workers abducted in Concordia, in the …
Read More »U.S. to pay French company $1B to scrap offshore wind projects
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Trump administration will pay $1 billion US to a France’s TotalEnergies to walk away from …
Read More »Canadian company helping white supremacists fundraise from hateful livestreams
WARNING: The following story contains mature subject matter, including racist and hateful imagery. It boasts that it’s a “safe haven for monetization.” But a quick scroll through the website created by three tech-savvy Canadians reveals not everyone is welcome on the platform. An investigation by the fifth estate has found …
Read More »First Nation in northern Ontario praises mining company for ‘true reconciliation’
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. As the Ontario government continues to push for development in northern Ontario, an Anishinaabe First Nation …
Read More »Dozens of Haitian civilians killed by police, security company drones in past year, Human Rights Watch says
Drones operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 others in less than a year, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Of those killed, 17 were children and 43 were adults not believed to be members of any criminal group. Of those …
Read More »Local management had dealings with armed group before kidnapping at Canadian mining company, say ex-workers
The on-site management of a Canadian mining company in Mexico whose workers were killed earlier this year had allegedly established some level of co-ordination with an organized armed group in the region, according to a former employee and two ex-contractors. Mexican federal authorities say a suspected faction of the Sinaloa …
Read More »