Nearly two decades ago, a dogged geologist named Charles Fipke was practically down to his last nickel. He and a fellow prospector, Stewart Blusson, had been crisscrossing the vast frozen hinterland ...

CANADA ROCKS: Like so many luxury products right now, diamonds — natural and lab-grown — are having a hard time. The prices of both are down in the double-digits while the fate of the best-known ...

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - The Royal Canadian Mint's Opulence Collection, a luxurious offering of rare precious metal coins blending the world of fine jewelry and numismatic art, dazzles ...

The Ekati complex, a star-crossed diamond mining operation in Northwest Territories, is getting a new life. Ekati has changed hands several times in the past decade, and has struggled in recent years.

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arctic Canadian Diamond Company (“Arctic Canadian”) and IHC Mining have reached the next important milestone in the development of the underwater ...

Ekati Diamond Mine 71.26 carat fancy vivid yellow diamond Likely the largest fancy vivid yellow diamond recovered in Canada, originated from the Ekati Diamond Mine Misery Pipe. CALGARY, Alberta, Sept.

A huge diamond discovery has turned a remote corner of the Canadian tundra into a modern-day Sutter's Mill, where prospectors rush to stake their claims. At a time when human right's groups want to ...

Telefilm Canada plans a red carpet tribute to homegrown talent that shines on the world stage, as the film financier mines the international terrain for foreign co-production dollars. By Etan Vlessing ...

When the phone rings these days in Toronto jeweller Shelly Purdy's studio, it's not unusual for the caller to be someone from Boston or London or as far away as Sydney, Australia, clamouring for a ...

Is selling Canadian diamonds a solution to the human-rights problems that have surrounded parts of the African diamond industry? Or is it a feel-good measure that ultimately hurts African miners and ...

CANADA ROCKS: Like so many luxury products right now, diamonds — natural and lab-grown — are having a hard time. The prices of both are down in the double-digits while the fate of the best-known ...