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Calgary, May 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Litus, a Calgary-based critical minerals and battery metals company pioneering nanotechnology solutions for lithium extraction and lithium recovery, today announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UWin Nanotech Co., Ltd., a Taiwan-based company active in advanced hydrometallurgy technologies for precious metals recovery, E-waste recycling, Li-ion battery recycling air pollution treatment, and industrial applications with environmental-friendly chemical. UWin has been a certified Apple supplier for recycling since 2020. The MOU establishes the parties’ intention to cooperate in good faith toward a potential strategic collaboration focused on the selective extraction, separation, recovery, and purification of…

Sydney, Australia, May 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fixed-term accounts have been a familiar feature of the Australian savings landscape for decades, characterised by a defined investment period, a stated return target and limited access to capital during the term. The category has evolved as new managed investment products have entered the space, offering income exposures backed by differentiated underlying portfolios rather than just bonds or domestic private credit markets. For more information visit https://termplus.com.au/ Three structural features distinguish a TermPlus account from other fixed term investment products in the Australian market. The first is the source of the return:…

Tim Hortons says it intends to hire 10,000 “local” workers in the coming months and scale back its use of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, adding there could be more opportunities for younger Canadians to find a job. This comes as youth unemployment shot up over 14 per cent in April.But at least one expert says this may only amount to a drop in the bucket when it comes to fighting youth unemployment in Canada.“It’s not going to bring youth unemployment down to the adult unemployment levels,” says economics professor Moshe Lander at Concordia University.“For anybody who thinks that,…

Nearly four years after the last version of Sennheiser’s Momentum headphones debuted with a redesign that traded a retro aesthetic for a more contemporary and comfortable design, the company has announced its Momentum 5 Wireless headphones. They look very similar to their predecessors, the Momentum 4, with large ear cups and a design that doesn’t quite stand out from the competition. But under the hood there are welcome upgrades, including improved ANC and, for the first time, a user-replaceable battery to extend their life.The Momentum 5 Wireless will be available starting on June 30th for $399.99, a $50 price bump…

NEW YORK, May 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluz today announced the sale of its Storefronts business to a strategic acquirer for an undisclosed amount. The transaction marks an important step in Fluz’s ongoing evolution from a rewards and commerce enablement company into a broader payments and embedded financial platform. The Storefronts business grew rapidly after launch, with hundreds of storefronts going live within its first year and hundreds of millions of dollars in transaction volume processed through the model. The business demonstrated strong market demand for flexible, merchant-connected commerce infrastructure and helped validate many of the commercial concepts that…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 25, 2026 5:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Thousands of community and social workers across Ontario have walked off the job today, calling on the province to boost funding for their services. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents the workers, says “chronic underfunding” has forced them to work additional jobs to make ends meet while leaving vulnerable people struggling to access support.The union says the workers hitting the picket lines today are joining those from several other organizations who went on strike over the weekend, as…

Canadians from coast to coast to coast are continuing to face food insecurity as income fails to keep pace with food price increases and advocates say the country is “failing” to meet some people’s human right to food. Data from Statistics Canada showed about one in four Canadians was living in a food-insecure household last year.The numbers were released the same month data showed food prices had increased 3.5 per cent year-over-year.“It’s horrible,” said Marissa Alexander, executive director of Food Secure Canada. “The main issue is that folks do not have enough income to support their lifestyle because we are…

Every morning for roughly the next 30 days, Megan Wotherspoon will wake up, tie up her running shoes and start chasing Saskatchewan’s southern border on a journey to fight cancer. Starting Monday, she is running south in the province to honour her mother, who died after dealing with leukemia at the age of 38.Wotherspoon is turning that age this year.Her mother used to work as a forestry technician and held the land in Saskatchewan near and dear.“The Saskatchewan environment was very close to her heart,” Wotherspoon told Global News.“This run traces some of the landscapes that she lived and loved in her life.”Wotherspoon…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 25, 2026 3:25 pm Updated May 25, 2026 3:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The outspoken chief of the Saint John Police Force is retiring, following a five-tear tenure that was marked by formal harassment complaints against him by several officers. In a statement posted on the police force’s website, Robert Bruce says he will retire in July.He says when he was hired for the job 2021 he was prepared to lead the organization through a significant transformation into a more modern and responsive service. Get…

An exceptionally weird controversy has come back to haunt Cox Media and a pair of marketing firms, which claimed they were secretly listening to users via phones and smart devices — despite little evidence they actually could. On Thursday the Federal Trade Commission announced that Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works would pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations that they were in fact lying about spying on people to target ads.As chronicled by Techdirt a couple of years ago, Cox publicly boasted about a system called Voice Data back in 2023, telling potential digital marketing clients they could…