Podcasts about Kirkland Lake

On this episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast, we bridge the gap between labor's historic battles and its future leaders. Segment 1: The Strike That Changed Canadian Labor Law Myles Sullivan, International Secretary-Treasurer of the United Steelworkers (USW), joins the show to revisit a defining chapter in labor history: the 1941-42 Kirkland Lake gold miners' strike. Sullivan explains how a "lost" strike in the frozen trenches of Northern Ontario eventually forced the government to mandate collective bargaining rights. He connects that legacy of resilience to modern struggles, including the fights at Local 6500 in Sudbury, and argues that member education and high union density remain the only true safeguards against concessions. Segment 2: Training the Next Generation of Organizers Jessica Cook-Qurayshi, Director of DePaul University's Labor Education Center (LEC), discusses how her team is turning labor education into a movement-building tool. She outlines the LEC's "Labor Leadership Certificate" and advanced bargaining courses that teach members to cost contracts and write proposals. Cook-Qurayshi also details the Center's massive youth initiative—including a collective-bargaining role-play that reaches 1,800 students—and explains why intergenerational training is critical to the survival of the labor movement. Key Topics: Kirkland Lake 1941: How a miners' defeat sparked a legislative victory. USW History: The legacy of Leo Gerard and cross-border solidarity. Labor Education: DePaul's certificate programs for stewards and officers. Youth Organizing: High school summer schools and internship programs. Listen now to hear how the lessons of the past are shaping the organizers of the future.

Stroke Effects: What a Hemorrhagic Stroke Did to Jake Stroke effects aren't always obvious. Some show up immediately. Others arrive quietly, long after the hospital discharge papers are signed. For Jake, the stroke effects didn't end when his life was saved; they began there. Four months after a hemorrhagic stroke, Jake can walk, talk, think clearly, and hold a conversation that's thoughtful, articulate, and reflective. To someone passing him in the street, he might look “lucky.” But stroke effects don't ask for permission to be visible. They live beneath the surface, shaping movement, sensation, pain, identity, and recovery in ways few people prepare you for. This is what stroke did to Jake. The Stroke Effects That Came Without Warning Before his stroke, Jake's life was full and demanding. A husband. A father of four. An administrator coordinating drivers and operations. Active. Fit. Always moving toward the next opportunity. But in hindsight, the stroke effects were quietly signaling their arrival. Jake experienced severe headaches with a rapid onset. Nausea. Vomiting. Visual disturbances. At the time, they were dismissed as migraines. His blood pressure had been flagged as “pre-high” years earlier while living overseas, but after returning to Canada, he found himself without a regular doctor in an overloaded medical system. These were early stroke effects masquerading as manageable inconveniences. When the hemorrhagic stroke finally hit, it did so decisively, affecting the right side of his body, disrupting speech, movement, sensation, and cognition all at once. What Stroke Did to His Body One of the most misunderstood stroke effects is how specific and strange the deficits can be. Jake didn't just “lose strength.” He lost motor planning. When he tried to write the letter T, his brain sent the wrong instruction. Instead of a straight downward line, his hand looped as if writing an L. The muscles worked. The intention was there. The signal was wrong. To retrain that connection, he didn't practice ten times. He practiced thousands. This is one of the realities of stroke effects: recovery isn't about effort alone, it's about repetition at a scale most rehab programs don't explain clearly enough. Post-Stroke Pain: The Stroke Effect No One Warns You About If there's one stroke effect that dominates Jake's day-to-day experience, it's pain. Not soreness. Not discomfort. Neuropathic pain. Jake describes it as: Burning sensations Tingling Tightness, like plastic strapping wrapped around his limbs At its worst, a “12 out of 10” pain, like being tased while his hand is on fire This kind of post-stroke pain often resets overnight. One morning, he wakes up and feels almost normal. The next, the pain returns without warning, severe enough to stop him in his tracks. This is a stroke effect that confuses survivors and clinicians alike because it doesn't follow logic, effort, or consistency. It simply exists. And for many survivors, it's one of the hardest stroke effects to live with. The Non-Linear Reality of Stroke Effects Stroke recovery doesn't move forward in a straight line. Jake learned this quickly. One week brings noticeable gains. The next feels like a regression. Then progress returns quietly, unexpectedly. This non-linear pattern is itself a stroke effect. Early on, these fluctuations feel frightening. Survivors worry they're “going backwards.” But over time, patterns emerge. Rest days aren't failures. They're part of recovery. Silent healing days matter just as much as active ones. Understanding this changed how Jake viewed his recovery and how he measured progress. Identity Loss: An Overlooked Stroke Effect Some stroke effects don't show up on scans. Jake wasn't defined by his job, but work still mattered. Structure mattered. Contribution mattered. After the stroke, uncertainty crept in. Would he return to the same role? Could he handle the same responsibility? Should he? Stroke effects often force people to renegotiate identity, not because they want to, but because they must. The question shifts from “What do I do?” to “Who am I now?” For many survivors, this is one of the most emotionally demanding stroke effects of all. Recovery Begins With Action, Not Permission While hospitalized, Jake made a decision. He wouldn't wait passively. He brought in notebooks. Pencils. Hand grippers. Hair clippers. He practiced shaving, writing, and gripping, no matter how long it took. If writing the alphabet took all day, that was the day's work. By discharge, his writing had moved from scribbles to cursive. This wasn't luck. It was intentional engagement with stroke effects, meeting them head-on instead of avoiding them. What Stroke Effects Teach Us Jake's experience reveals something important: Stroke effects are not just medical outcomes. They are lived realities. They affect: How your body moves How pain shows up How progress feels How identity shifts How hope is tested And yet, understanding stroke effects, naming them, and normalizing them can reduce fear and isolation. That's why conversations like this matter. You're Not Alone With These Stroke Effects If you're early in recovery, you might recognize yourself in Jake's story. If you're years in, you might recognize where you've been. Either way, stroke effects don't mean the end of progress. They mean the beginning of a different kind of journey, one that rewards patience, repetition, and perspective. If you want to go deeper into recovery insights, lived experience, and hope-driven guidance: Learn more about the book here: The Unexpected Way That a Stroke Became the Best Thing That Happened Support the podcast and community here: Recovery After Stroke Patreon Final Thought Stroke effects don't define who you are, but they do shape how you recover. Jake's story reminds us that recovery isn't about returning to who you were. It's about learning how to live fully with what remains and discovering what's still possible. Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your health or recovery plan. Living With Stroke Effects You Can't Always See Jake reveals the stroke effects that remained after the hospital—pain, motor issues, fatigue, and how he's navigating recovery four months on. Highlights: 00:00 Introduction and Background 05:10 Health Awareness and Signs 16:56 Personal Health Journey and Challenges 23:11 Recovery Process and Emotional Impact 38:28 Attitude Towards Recovery 46:30 Long-Term Recovery and Reflection 55:06 Work and Identity Post-Stroke 01:07:40 Pain Management and Coping Strategies 01:16:16 Community and Shared Experiences Transcript: Introduction and Background Bill Gasiamis (00:00) Today’s episode is one that really stayed with me long after we finished recording. You’re going to meet Jake, a stroke survivor who is very early in recovery and navigating the reality of what stroke actually does to a person long after the emergency has What makes this conversation so powerful isn’t just the hemorrhagic stroke Jake experienced. It’s how openly he talks about the stroke effects that followed. The pain, the confusion. the nonlinear recovery and the parts of stroke that are hard to explain unless you’ve lived them. I won’t give away Jake’s story that’s his to tell, but I will say this. If you’re early in recovery or you’re trying to make sense of symptoms that don’t quite fit the brochures or discharge notes, there’s a good chance you’ll hear something in Jake’s experience that feels confronting and reassuring at the same time. Now, before we get into the conversation, want to pause for a moment and say this, everything you hear, the interviews, the hosting, the editing exists because listeners like you help keep this podcast going. When you visit patreon.com slash recovery after stroke, you’re supporting my goal of recording a thousand episodes. So no stroke survivor has to ever feel like they’re navigating this if you’re looking for something you can lean on throughout your recovery or while supporting someone you love my book, the unexpected way that a stroke became the best thing that happened is available at recovery after stroke.com slash book. It’s the resource I wished I’d had when I was confused, overwhelmed and trying to understand what stroke had done to my life. all right. Now let’s get into the conversation with Jake. Bill (01:40) Jake Bordeaux, welcome to the podcast. Jake (01:42) Hi Bill, how are you this evening? Bill (01:44) I’m very well my friend. It is morning here. Just gone past 9am. We had a late night last night. We went to the opera and we saw Carmen. Jake (01:57) Hmm. How’s that? Bill (01:59) And for those who haven’t seen it, it’s in French and you have to read the subtitles because it has subtitles. I couldn’t read them because I was just a little too far. So I was squinting the whole night. But it’s a great opera, it was a great show, but we got home late so I’m quite tired. Jake (02:20) I couldn’t imagine that. Luckily I do speak French. So I wouldn’t need the subtitles, but that’s something I was afraid of actually, you know, coming out of the stroke is I was afraid almost that I had forgotten how to speak French or that I’d forgotten how to speak both languages. But luckily I speak ⁓ English and French. Bill (02:40) With a name like Bordeaux, I would definitely expect you to at least have some idea of French. Jake (02:45) Yes, indeed, sir. Half English and half French. I’ve been using that largely to my advantage. I’d been working up here in Northern Ontario with Federal Express. So I was working in administration here and sort of coordinating the management and the drivers being the liaison during the two during the day. so, you know, anytime the drivers might have equipment that needs any kind of repair or any kind of issues they might come up with on road as well as when they leave the station and when they come back into the station, I’m the guy that they would deal with. Bill (03:22) Wow, that’s cool. So tell me what was life like before stroke for you? What were you up to? What kind of things did you do? How did you spend your time? Jake (03:33) Well, life has had a lot of ups and downs for me in the last year’s bill. So, ⁓ I had been living for many years in, in Hong Kong and I’m originally from Canada and, I was born in the seventies, born in Ontario here. And by 2009, I had had various, you know, done grit, various career, choices or opportunities, job opportunities here. And I decided to. try my hand at a little something overseas. ⁓ I had an opportunity with a fellow Canadian named Noah Fuller who brought me over wanting to show me how to get into the watch business. And being two ⁓ enthusiasts, you know, being, ⁓ you know, I’d say we were into watch modification, watch restoration, and we were wanting to get a little bit more into building custom parts and building out custom watches. ⁓ working with various ⁓ people, military groups, et cetera, at working on their watch project. So he asked me to come to Hong Kong, learn everything that he knew about the business, and hopefully show me what I was gonna get into over there. That worked out, and while I was over there, I met my wife, I love my wife, I’m still with her. Stroke Effects: Health Awareness and Signs I got together with my wife in 2009 when I had first arrived in Hong Kong and I got married to her in 2010. During that time, Noah unfortunately passed away, so I lost my business partner, but the business continued to grow. So over the years, the business grew with my wife and I running that on our own. ⁓ Unfortunately, maybe it got some of the attention on the world stage. There’s been a lot of political, we’ll say issues in Hong Kong and leading into the pandemic, business was already suffering. ⁓ Once the pandemic hit and Hong Kong was locked down for a ⁓ big chunk of time. that really affected our business and took it down. By the time the pandemic had played its way out, our life over there was looking like it wasn’t panning out the way we’d wanted it to. And a lot of the opportunities that had been unfolding for us all of a sudden came to a close. ⁓ So we moved back to Canada. about two years ago and I started working up here and thinking about our next business opportunity. I’m a lot like you and I’m never really satisfied with what I’m doing and I kind of want to reach for the next thing and I kind of want to reach for more. So I like to work a lot. So while I was working on getting the next thing started, I was working with Federal Express. My days would be really, really busy. I would get up quite early in the morning and I’d chop wood here. I have a dog that I like to walk. I have a golden retriever. I have four children. So I have three girls and a boy and they’re ranging from four years old to 14 years old. They’re all in school. And of course, I was working full time at Federal Express and ⁓ working towards the next thing. So I guess life was pretty active. Bill (07:27) Pretty helpful. Did you have any sense that, you know, with regards to your health, things might take a turn? Was there any information coming to you that you might see now kind of in hindsight and go, well, that was probably a sign. Jake (07:45) Yeah, Bill. So I’ve watched a lot of your podcasts and I found them particularly helpful, especially a lot of the ones relating to hemorrhagic stroke. ⁓ Reason being that’s what happened to me. So ⁓ I had a hemorrhagic stroke ⁓ and it took out a large part of ⁓ my capabilities, I guess, mobility on my right side. So a lot of my body that’s affected is my right side. ⁓ Now, when I got back here from Hong Kong to Canada, unfortunately, I came here to a little bit of an overloaded medical system, to say the least. So I’m hoping that maybe some of what we’re talking today might help people who are in Canada if they suffer the ⁓ same thing as I did to try and get them on track for us, get them back into recovery. ⁓ When I arrived here, the system was overloaded. I didn’t have a doctor. So unfortunately, while I had been warned for several years that I had pre high blood pressure and ⁓ the doctors in Hong Kong had been, you know, monitoring my blood pressure and keeping a pretty close eye on things after arriving here in Canada, that wasn’t a case. And so you know, it would look now that I think about it, that I was having some warning signs. I was having headaches and I’d say that some of those headaches were pretty severe. ⁓ The headaches would come on like a, like a very fast, ⁓ fast onset headache. I would get very nauseated very quickly. ⁓ And then sort of, would, I’d vomit the headache. would pass. At first, I thought I was getting migraine headaches. I’d had one when I was a lot younger. But ⁓ these were coming with some visual disturbance. I was having this horrible headache. was having nausea. So all the things you might expect from a migraine, except that it was going away within minutes and all of a sudden I was back at work. you know, in hindsight, that definitely was ⁓ a warning flashes. And ⁓ had I had a proper physician, if I had somebody watching out for me, they may have caught that. I don’t know, there’s no way for us to know that. So what I would say is, if anybody’s having pretty high blood pressure, keep an eye on that. I would say my blood pressure when I had the stroke was quite high. And if I had been monitoring that, I might’ve been on top of it. So would you like to hear about the day that it happened or? Bill (10:45) Yeah, I would in a moment. So with the blood pressure in Hong Kong, were you being monitored and also medicated or was it just you were being monitored? Bill Gasiamis (10:56) We’ll get back to Jake’s story in just a moment. I want to pause for a second and ask you something important. Why do you listen to this podcast? For many people, it’s because they finally hear someone who understands what they’re going through or because they learn something that helps them make sense of their own stroke effects without feeling overwhelmed or alone. And here’s the part most listeners never really think podcast only exists because people like you help keep it There’s no big company behind it. No medical organization funding the work. It’s just me, a fellow stroke survivor doing everything I can to make sure these conversations are available for the next person who wakes up after a stroke and doesn’t know what comes One of the biggest challenges after stroke is finding reliable information without spending years searching, reading and second guessing yourself. That’s why I want to mention turn2.ai. Turn2 isn’t a sponsor, it’s a tool I personally use. If you choose to sign up using my affiliate link, you’ll get 10 % off and I’ll receive a small commission and no extra cost to you. That commission helps support the podcast and keep these conversations free. What Turn2 does is simple but powerful. It saves you time. Instead of spending years trying to track down research, discussions and updates about stroke, Turn2 brings relevant information straight to you. If you’re already dealing with fatigue, pain or cognitive overload, saving time and mental energy matters. And if you want to go deeper on your recovery journey, you can also grab my book, The Unexpected Way That a Stroke Became the Best Thing That Happened at recoveryafterstroke.com slash book. If this podcast has helped you feel understood even once, consider supporting the mission in whatever way feels right for you. All right, let’s get back to Jake. Jake (12:46) No, so I wasn’t being medicated for high blood pressure at all. was kind of these, well, it’s not quite severe enough to really do anything about it, so we’ll just keep an eye on it. ⁓ I did have pre-existing ⁓ medical issues. When I was quite a lot younger, I had suffered from ⁓ what some people might call Crohn’s disease or an inflammatory bowel issue. and I had some back pain. But other than that, I wasn’t really on any other types of medications. I wasn’t on any kinds of blood pressure medications, any kind of heart medications. ⁓ I wasn’t on any kind of antidepressants or anything like that. ⁓ I would say that I was pretty much feeling like I was in fairly good shape. haven’t gained or lost a heck of a lot of weight since the stroke. So what you see is what you get. wasn’t overweight. I wasn’t eating a lot of junk. I don’t smoke cigarettes. So. Bill (13:56) Yeah. One of those things. I know what you mean. Like I’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure in the last six months and headaches. Jake, I’ve had headaches for years. I’m talking maybe four or five years. And at the beginning, they were intermittent. They would come and go similar to what you mentioned. And I would be able to get through the day. And I thought they were migraines, although nobody really convinced me that they were migraines. I couldn’t really say. That sounds familiar if I look up what migraine is and all the people who I’ve ever asked about a migraine, it never sounded like, I was never convinced by it. And then a little while ago, was at home, excuse me, I was at home with my wife, feeling really unwell. Did my, checked my blood pressure and it was about 170 over 110, 120, somewhere there. And that was, I knew that’s way too high, know, previously. I’ve checked my blood pressure maybe on the on perfect day and it was 120 over 80. So for me that was pretty serious. We went to the hospital because of all my history and they said your blood pressure is high. It’s probably a migraine causing you to have a migraine which is then causing your blood pressure to go high rather than the other way around. They didn’t say it’s high blood pressure is causing the migraine and or the headache. And then they put me on some migraine medication and they said, if we give you this migraine medication, it’s going to knock you out. You’re going to sleep, but you should wake up without a headache. Well, I woke up with a headache. The migraine medication didn’t do anything. So within a couple of weeks of that particular hospitalization and then going to my general practitioner, he prescribed me a blood pressure medication, came to start on it’s called to help keep the blood pressure down. Now I’m trying to get to the bottom of why do I have high blood pressure? That’s the part that’s frustrating me, because no one can tell you why you have high blood pressure unless they check your arteries and they’re half clogged or you’ve got some other issues with your heart or something like that. And I don’t have any of those issues. So now ⁓ it’s one of those things. It’s kind of like, well, you have high blood pressure. It might be something that runs in your family. When I check with my dad, my dad says that he has high blood pressure. My dad’s 84. So it’s like, you know, and he says, I started taking blood pressure medication at around 50, which is my age. But that’s still, that’s not good enough for me. Like I’m still not comfortable with, well, your dad did. So you are, and then therefore, just move on with life, take this tablet and then move on. Now I’m happy to take the tablet because I do not want to have another hemorrhagic stroke. I’m very comfortable taking a tablet to prevent that, right? No trauma, no traumas. Personal Health Journey, Stroke Effects, and Challenges But ⁓ it’s a very interesting place to find myself in after going through all the three brain hemorrhages that I’ve already had since 2012, brain surgery, learning how to walk again. Now I’ve had enough. I don’t want… I don’t want to be doing this anymore, even though I am finding myself here and I’m tackling it. Part of me is going, man, this is too much. Why do we need to go through this now? Jake (17:29) Yeah, I wanted to ask you something actually, maybe if you’ve had the same, you brought something back to mind here, is that one thing I did have, again, in hindsight, I had visual disturbance. in 2018, my grandmother, bless her shit, my grandmother passed away and I was abroad and I took it pretty hard. was largely raised by my grandfather, my grandmother. And I took it, it was very emotional. And ⁓ when I was grieving, I had an episode where I had a rather bad headache. And again, I had one of these feelings, like I thought I had a migraine headache. Maybe I did, or maybe we’re reading something into it. But coming out of that, I had a visual problem. And it was one of my eyes. in my right eye, you know, again, I have my issues now with my right hand side. My right eye had gotten quite blurry. I was having ⁓ issues with my vision in my right eye. And ⁓ a doctor had decided that, well, maybe it’s a form of macular degeneration. And he decided to do a laser surgery. at the time in Hong Kong. However, it didn’t have any effect. It didn’t help me out at all. And the only thing that helped that was time. And I wonder again now if the reason why treating the eye didn’t take any effect is because he should have been treating or looking at the brain. I think that maybe the issue might have been a small stroke to begin with. and I didn’t realize it at the time. Bill (19:25) That sounds very plausible, right? That’s I think probably a very logical conclusion to get to. Sometimes, you you hear people lose their vision and the way they discovered they’ve had a stroke is they’ll go to the ophthalmologist and they’ll say, I can’t see. And the guy will go, well, your eye looks perfect. I there’s nothing wrong with your lens. There’s nothing wrong with the macula. The eye pressure is fine. Everything’s fine. And that definitely suggests that there is a ⁓ neurological issue of some kind, right? So it’s like, next step is go to the hospital, get it checked out. But ⁓ yeah, well, there’ll be no way of knowing, but I science, I had similar kind of things happen about a year and a half before my first bleed. was at our local football here, which ⁓ my team made the what we call the grand final. There’s usually a playoff series and then the last two teams get to the final game of the year and then the one that wins wins the championship. And my team made it and I was there cheering them on, screaming my head off, you know, just being a really passionate supporter and went home that weekend with a massive headache that lasted about five days and ended up in hospital. They did a lumbar puncture. They checked for a brain hemorrhage or anything along those lines and they didn’t find anything and they also didn’t find the faulty blood vessel that later would cause the first brain hemorrhage. But when I speak to people about it, everyone will say, well, we’ll never know, Bill. There’s no way of knowing whether they were linked. But in my mind, it’s pretty logical to conclude that that first massive five day headache was a sign that something wasn’t right in my brain. And although they had that suspicion of that, they didn’t know what they were looking for. So they couldn’t find the faulty blood vessel. just did a scan, a CT, sorry. Yeah, they just did a CT to actually see if there was any visible signs of a tumor or a bleed or something like that. And since there wasn’t, they weren’t able to diagnose the faulty blood vessel that would later. ⁓ bleed three times. Jake (21:55) That’s incredible, by the way, the three times thing, and that’s got to take a lot of strength to get through. ⁓ I don’t know if I had mentioned to you, how recent this has been. So ⁓ one thing that I’ve noticed with your podcast is that most of the guests who are on have had a considerable amount of time elapse in between when the event has taken place and when they’ve been able to get back lot of their capabilities, a lot of their abilities. So how long exactly did it take you to get back to the stage or the state that you’re in now? Bill (22:36) I would say that I had, ⁓ well, the first three years were tumultuous because every time I was on the road to recovery after the first bleed, then the second bleed happened, that was six weeks apart. And then after the second bleed, I was really unwell. ⁓ Memory issues, couldn’t type an email, couldn’t read, couldn’t drive, couldn’t work. Recovery Process and Emotional Impact angry, really angry. I was probably in that state for the best part of about six to nine months. And then it started to ease and settle down as the blood vessel stopped bleeding. And then the, and then the blood in my head started to dissipate and kind of dissolved, I suppose. And I think I thought everything was going fine. So between February, 2012 and November, 2014, that’s when I had the next bleed November, 2014. the third one. And then when I woke up from that, I had to learn how to walk again. So by the time I got to February 2015, I had been three years in you know, in the dungeon, you know, getting just smashed around by stroke again and again and again, and then brain surgery, then learning how to walk again. And I think personally, I turned the tide maybe at around 2018, 2019. So it took another three to four years for me to feel like even though I’m living with all these deficits, I have got enough of my cognitive function back, my physical function back to be able to go back to my painting company, which had been on pause for a number of years. yeah, so all up, you know, from first bleed, Jake (24:25) incredible. Bill (24:30) to back to the painting company, you know, it seven years. It was quite a long time. And I hear people have similar kind of stories about five, six, seven years. They’re still dealing with everything that the stroke caused, but they have some kind of a turn, like for the better, some kind of like a shift in whether it’s mindset, whether it’s emotionally or whether it’s physically, they have kind of some. Like a fork in the road moment where things change for the better. Jake (25:03) That’s incredibly inspiring for me. So yeah, you give me a lot of hope because I’ve been going through a lot and I’ve only been at this for four months now. so I had this stroke in late July and upon getting into the hospital, again, I wasn’t able to talk. I wasn’t able to use my, couldn’t move my right hand side at all. ⁓ I wasn’t able to go to the washroom, any of the things. I was basically left with kind of like ⁓ a blank slate and everything that I’ve gotten back has been pretty rapid. So I’m really extremely thankful for that, especially that, given that hemorrhagic strokes are rare, ⁓ consequences seem to be more severe and more often fatal. So, yeah, I’ve only been at this for a few months, Bill (26:10) Yeah, I was gonna ask what was it what happened on the day of the strike? What was it like? Jake (26:16) Yeah, so on the day of the stroke, let me get back there for just a second. Right, so on the day of, it was a pretty regular day and I had got up, it was a beautiful day, it was July. ⁓ My family had been on a trip recently, they’d gone to the nation’s capital and visited my family and I was happy to have them back. I just bought my wife a new bike and ⁓ I tuned it up. The dog had been out and I was starting work at 2 p.m. So I was about to go in for 2 p.m. and see the drivers for the whole second part of their day until the closing. ⁓ And I ⁓ was biking into work. again, I was incredibly active. ⁓ So I was biking to work and it would be generally about a 15 minute bike ride and it’s a lot of uphill, et cetera. And some of the route is through some residential areas and even some pathways that go through the woods. Again, I live in Canada and in particular in Northern Ontario in quite a small town named Kirkland called Kirkland Lake, which is a gold mining town. we’re in a gold mining boom right now. And so yeah, I was biking to work, feeling pretty good. ⁓ When I got to work, or when I was just getting to work, I was pretty close to being late ⁓ after messing around with the kids a little bit. And so I pushed myself a little bit harder than I usually do. ⁓ I got to work right on time. I got in a little bit winded. And I started getting my equipment together, got all of my equipment and headed to my office and headed to the window where I’d be greeting all of the drivers as they come into the station. And I started to feel a little bit dizzy. So my thinking was though, I probably just pushed it a little too hard and I probably should have had a drink of water. So I grabbed a drink of water. And ⁓ I sat back down at my desk and the first drivers started to come in. And as they started to come in, I started to feel like it was hard ⁓ to keep track of what they were saying. I was having a hard time concentrating and that’s really not like me. Usually I’m able to concentrate on four children, a wife, a pet, myself. And when I’m at work, I’m able to deal with the whole station full of FedEx workers, drivers, et cetera. So I started asking the drivers, can you just leave your things with me? I’m going to put them aside for a few minutes until I’m back in the game here. I think I’ve winded myself a bit. I’m just going to chill. And the equipment started to pile up, because it was one driver, two drivers. three drivers. And as this was starting to go on, I was looking over at a lady who was working next to me in the office. ⁓ And ⁓ I’m very lucky that she was there. And ⁓ I’ll let you know why in a second. But ⁓ I started to look at her and I started to look at the drivers. And I think at that point, she looked at me and ⁓ it struck her there’s something really not right with Jake. So she came over and started to ask me some questions and she started to try and direct the drivers away from me so that maybe they’d stop asking questions. And it became pretty apparent to her real quick ⁓ that I was having a stroke. Now, thankfully, this lady’s not usually sitting in the office next to me. It was one of those things where she just happened to be there this day and she happens to work with the fire brigade here. and she works with first responders and she’s incredibly well educated as far as first aid and strokes and heart attacks, et cetera. So she was able to recognize what was going on with me right away. ⁓ She had management and she had everybody ⁓ take a look at me and they had the first responders coming right away. The emergency crew showed up within minutes. and they started asking me all the appropriate questions and they started lifting me out of there and driving me away. So I got to work, I guess, at about 2 p.m. That was when my shift started. And ⁓ by 2.25, ⁓ my wife was walking home from the neighborhood park with our kids and heard an ambulance. go by here, not realizing it was me. I’d been taken off in the ambulance. They brought me to a nearby town and then they airlifted me to Sudbury, Ontario. I guess in our nearby town, they determined that yes, I was having a stroke. They did a very quick preliminary scan. They sent me to Sudbury, Ontario, where they started doing more scans and figured out exactly what was going on. Although the medical system had failed me and I didn’t have a doctor going into it, when the rubber hit the road there, they had it together and they got me the appropriate help as fast as possible. That’s probably what helped me to get my recovery online so quick. Bill (32:18) definitely does the time that you take to get to hospital makes a massive difference. That was a good outcome considering everything that was going wrong at the time. So then how does the hospital stay go? How long are you in the hospital and how does it play out? Jake (32:37) Yeah, so I arrived in in the hospital in in Sudbury and I was there for for a few days so ⁓ yeah, I was there for a few days and in that time my My ⁓ my wife and ⁓ one of my good friends one of our children there They managed to come and see me and from what they say I was incoherent at the time So I guess I was still able to talk ⁓ but what was coming out of me was a lot of garbled nonsense. I’ve seen some of your guests say, I thought I was saying, can you please hand me my bag and I need you to bring, and all that was coming out was sort of, blah, blah, blah, blah, like it wasn’t making any sense at all. ⁓ So I was in there for days. And once they had me stabilized in ⁓ Sudbury, Ontario, they decided to transfer me and I had my choice between a couple of different towns. So I would say that by the 25th, 24th, 25th, I was stabilized and I was heading to Sudbury on the 25th. ⁓ Once I arrived in Sudbury, I think I was visited, ⁓ by my folks and my wife and kids. And then I was sent to Timmins, Ontario for my actual recovery. So it was pretty fast. I had the stroke on the 21st and by the 26th, I was in Timmins where I’d spend the rest of my ⁓ recovery time. Bill (34:27) How did they deal with leaking blood vessel? Jake (34:30) ⁓ They didn’t. So they had determined that they were going to probably do a surgery. When they were taking me into the hospital, they had told me that there was a ⁓ brain hemorrhage, ⁓ that it was leaking, that they were going to be monitoring it, that it would be likely there would be a surgery, and that I should probably be be prepared not to make it through. ⁓ So I guess, you know, they gave me some hope. I mean, they told me that we can hope for the best, but they were quite honest with me at the time in saying you might be going for the rest of your life ⁓ wearing diapers or unable to talk. ⁓ And it’s quite probable that you might not make it out of this. Uh, so they monitored it and they continued to bring me while I was in the Sudbury for scans and they continued to monitor the situation. Um, but they didn’t do any surgery. So, uh, I was put on medications to bring the blood pressure down, to keep the blood pressure down. And, uh, and I was placed on those while I was in, in hospital. And I continued to. recover all the way through August. And by the end of August, I had come back home. ⁓ while I was in hospital, I was only visited twice because it was far away from, from my home. And, ⁓ I’m honestly, Bill, I’m glad. ⁓ I was really happy. I was able to see my, my, my wife and kids by phone, obviously, you know, the wonders of modern technology. ⁓ but I was left with a lot of time on my own to reflect and I was left with a lot of time on my own to get better. you know, one of the things I decided once I got to the hospital was I’m not going to spend any time in the lounge. I’m not going to spend any of the time with the other patients who are ⁓ in here, nothing against them or anything like that. But the very first thing I did, was I started to try and find more information about what exactly happened to me and ⁓ what are my chances of getting better and what gives me the best chances. And what I came up with was I had better start working on my recovery immediately. yeah, so one of the very first things that I did is I got my notebook into me. notebook, got pencils, I got a pencil sharpener, I got one of those, ⁓ you know, hand gripper ⁓ exercise, you know, for your hands. ⁓ And I got a razor blade, and I got my wife and kids to bring in a hair trimmer. And I decided that no matter how long it was going to take me to shave, I was going to do that on my own. no matter how long I thought I’m in here, I don’t have anything else to do today. If it’s going to take me all day to cut my hair and shave my face, I’m going to do that. ⁓ If it takes me all day to do the, write the alphabet down, I’m going to get through that. And I went from again, ⁓ scribbles from just scribbles and barely being able to hold onto the pencil to, ⁓ by the time I left the hospital, I was writing in perfect cursive. Attitude Towards Recovery Bill (38:22) Yeah, that’s brilliant. I love that attitude. That attitude is probably ⁓ something that holds people in very, like creates a great outcomes for people, regardless of how much the stroke has affected them, regardless of how bad their deficits are, you know, regardless of what version of stroke they caught, they, they had to experience. And this is what I was doing when I was in rehab as well. So I did the same thing when I came back from hospital. So My first stay, I came back and we were on the internet checking, you know, is a blade in the brain? What is all this stuff? What does it all mean? Trying to get some answers. The second time, ⁓ six weeks later, I was searching for what kind of food should I be eating? If I’ve had a stroke, what should I be avoiding, et cetera? That was pretty cool to find out and learn, wow, there is actually a protocol that you can ⁓ take that supports your brain health instead of one. that doesn’t support your brain health. So that was pretty awesome. And then ⁓ in rehab, I was searching YouTube for videos about neuroplasticity. was searching videos for ⁓ anything that had to do with recovery of a neurological challenge, et cetera. And it was just way better than being ⁓ sort of worrying about my own situation and focusing on me like. internalizing it, you know, I was externalizing it and becoming proactive and I found, ⁓ and I found some great meditations. So I’m lying there. I can’t walk. I’m very sleepy. I need to sleep most of the time because I’m exhausted from all of the rehab. I’ll put on a meditation and just let it do its thing in the background while I was healing, resting, you know, recuperating. ⁓ so I think that approach just changes the way that your body responds as well because your body wants to step up to the plate. If you set an intention, we’re going through the healing process, this is the path that we’re gonna take, the body follows. If you go through the other part, if you take the different path and go, well, things are not going good for us, we’re doing it really tough, we’re feeling sorry for ourselves, we’re not gonna put any extra effort in. the body’s going to go, no, I’m listening. I’ll do exactly what you want. And you get the results that, that your intention has set. Right. So I think that’s brilliant. The way that you went about that and not interacting with other people. kind of get that too, because it can bring you down. Like seeing other people doing it hard can bring you down. And also ⁓ sometimes other people’s attitudes can rub off as well. And they can bring you down if They’re feeling bad about this situation and you don’t want to be around people who are going to ruin your vibe. Doesn’t matter who they are or where they are. Jake (41:27) Right. And one thing that where I think the hospitals and doctors and therapy where I think they really let us down is something that I believe it was on one of your podcasts and someone talking about neuroplasticity is that when we do something for therapy, we should be doing it thousands of times. We shouldn’t be doing it a few times. I think where we’re let down is like, ⁓ for instance, I went for my physiotherapy today and I find it helpful and I definitely do go, I would recommend it to anybody. But we will do each of these exercises 10 times. Do this 10 times, do this 10 times, do this 10 times. But what we’re failing to see is that, you know, To really make those connections, need to do things hundreds or thousands of times. ⁓ I have a, know, a, for instance, for you, you know, I mentioned the writing. So a place where I have an incredible block is, ⁓ I will go to try and begin something, particularly where I’m going to write something down and I’ll have the intention of writing one thing and something different will come. So, I would try and begin a word with the letter T and instead of beginning by going up and then straight down and crossing my T, instead I’m doing a loop like it’s an L. So in order to, you know, retrain, sort of get that, get that connection made, to go and start doing words that begin with the letter T. Bill (43:17) I have Jake (43:24) and a lot of times, mean like thousands of times before I could sit down and write a letter T. if people are feeling like they’re not getting anywhere or it’s not coming along for them and they are doing the exercises, I would say don’t give up and do them more. Don’t give up and do them less, do them more. Bill (43:33) Wow. Jake (43:53) ⁓ If you’re going to be doing something like walking, if you’re finding that difficult, then I think maybe if you walked around the block on Tuesday, go another 10 steps further and do that for the following week and always just keep adding to it because it does get better. And I don’t know about you, do you find Bill like I know one of your recent guests mentioned that it was a challenge for him to deal with how non-linear the recovery is. And I think that only hearing that from other people allowed me to accept that. Because a lot of the time I’ll feel like I’m doing great and things are incredibly better. And then maybe I have a week where I’m doing in respects, I’m doing worse than I was when I was in hospital. And I think that that’s really hard to deal with. you have that too, or did you find that? The non-linear kind of feeling? Yeah. Bill (44:55) Indeed, and then what happens four months, five months, six months, 10 months, is you start seeing the pattern and the pattern is, okay, I’ve made some inroads, okay, here’s the quiet time or the downtime coming and then you feel better about it because it’s not a big deal. You see the pattern and you notice it and it’s less frustrating because that’s actually, it appears as though you’re doing nothing to your head. Your head might be going, oh, I’m not doing anything. Long-Term Recovery and Reflection sitting on my butt, I’m not able to get through a day of physical exertion or anything like that. I must be going backwards. Well, in fact, your body’s just doing a different version of recovery and it looks different. It looks still and it looks silent and it looks fatigued, but it isn’t going backwards. It’s just a different phase and it needs all of it. You need to do that silent, still, quiet, fatigued resting one. And then you need to do the one which is to whatever extent you can, full on, full out, doing too much, going too far, ⁓ over-exerting yourself. And they kind of, you can’t have one without the other. You have to have them both. And ⁓ if you understand that, then you don’t get anxious or upset about it or bothered about it. And you start playing the long game. You stop focusing on today, I didn’t have a lot of effort, but… If I reflect on my last six months or nine months, there was maybe only seven days that I was really low or didn’t feel great. The rest were better days or I felt okay or whatever it was. if you start playing when you’re only four months out, it’s hard to play the long game. But when you get to a year or 12 months out, you look back and reflect, you can see that majority of what you were doing was getting. outcomes that were favorable and therefore, you know, and therefore you can sort of be okay with the quiet days, rest, the rest of all those. I used to go to loud events, whether they were a concert, a family event, a party, wedding, whatever. If they were long drawn out days, I would have to plan for the next day to be completely a write off, nothing on the calendar. No going anywhere, seeing anybody, doing anything so that I could rest properly and get my brain back online so that I could have a good day, the third day, you know? And that’s how we did it for many, many years. And I remember one time when the shift came, when I said to my wife, I am not doing anything tomorrow. You make sure that whatever you do, you do without me. You’re going to go and do your thing, but I’m not going to be involved. And then waking up in the morning and going, hey, I feel fantastic. What are we doing today? And she’s like, I didn’t plan for you, but okay. ⁓ let’s get the ball rolling on something. So we did something minor, but it was more than nothing. And that was my, okay. My moment of things are shifting and I’m able to recover overnight with a good night’s sleep quicker than I was. doing previously. Jake (48:19) That’s great. That’s great. Yeah. A lot of this, I really appreciate talking to you and I appreciate hearing your guests who have been at this a lot longer than I have. ⁓ I’m incredibly encouraged by how well I’ve done so far, but it’s also, there’s a lot of questions. ⁓ For instance, I’m in this stage where I don’t know, Bill, if I’m going to make it back to the same job as I was doing before, don’t know whether it’s reasonable to think that. Right now I’m doing, you know, going through all the steps that I need to go through and doing all the evaluations that I need to do. ⁓ But I’m not sure what the outcome is going to be. And that’s a little bit hard because I’m, you know, like most people who are entrepreneurs or, you know, have large families, we like to have an element of control, you know, with things. So it’s been hard to just sort of sit back here and not know what’s coming along. As far as work goes, I don’t know. Luckily, you know, I have a building here where I do own the building and I do have commercial space downstairs. So maybe I have the option to now use that space for myself. And ⁓ maybe I’ll have to be, maybe I’ll be forced to go back into. entrepreneurship and open my own business. Maybe going back to work ⁓ is not the path for me. We’ll have to wait and see. Bill (49:56) It will emerge. You’ll get a sense of it. I had ⁓ three years where I worked for another organization and it was a completely different field and they were, the role was a very entry level administrative role. Very, we’re talking a role that would probably be replaced by AI now. ⁓ So we, I was doing that for three years and what was good about planning and trying to get back to that level of effort and work was that it served a purpose. And part of the purpose was talking to people, traveling, ⁓ doing work on the computer. It was retraining me as I was getting comfortable with the role, getting used to traveling, getting back to being in loud environments, et cetera. So it was difficult, was tiresome, it was challenging, but it was… kind of like its own therapy. And when it served its purpose after three years, I was done. I just said, okay, I’m out of here. going back to running my own business again. And I’ll be, I’ll do that as slowly or at my own pace in any other way that I can so that ⁓ I create the whole, all the rules around the amount of hours that I attend, the type of work that I take on. You know, so if I was too tired to work the following week, I would just tell my clients I’m busy for a week and I can book you in two weeks down the road, you know. So that was what was good about going back to my business. And also what was good about going back to a job for somebody else because their expectations, you know, working for a corporation, the expectations are far lower than the ones that we put on ourselves when we’re working. for ourselves. So I know some people think working for a corporation is really stressful and all that kind of stuff. And it probably is. No. But I mean, I was barely working six hours a day. Whereas working for myself six hours a day that the day’s just starting, you six hours. You haven’t even hit lunchtime yet. So it’s interesting to think about work and how ⁓ and how you can use it as a therapy. Jake (52:23) It is well, I mean the difference for me is that I was actually in that role that you’re explaining right now when I had the stroke so I I’d gone through a whole bunch of very difficult things in Hong Kong and upon coming back here to Canada, I was almost feeling like I I had a lot of stress going on and I had a lot of things that I needed to sort out and ⁓ there was a lot of things that we need to settle with the kids. There was all sorts of stuff that needed to be done. So the job that I was working was actually, it was already fulfilling that role that you explained. I was having that less responsibility. was going in for a specific amount of hours that they were letting me know. So that was exactly it. was an administration job, but it was really not close to the amount of responsibility that I was used to having. ironically, now that this has happened to me, it might be the amount of control that I have over the amount of worked that might be an advantage after going to stroke. I’d be interested to see or to hear more about ⁓ how people deal with the change that comes with the different type of work they might be forced into, forced out of, and how they deal with that. Because I think that a lot of people deal with, ⁓ they think of their employment or they deal with their life in this sort of way, like people often ask, especially in Asia. What do you do? The first thing that people do if you’re in Hong Kong is they hand you a business card. They call it a name card there. And the very first thing that you do when you meet somebody before you even speak is you hand them the card and you each examine each other’s cards. So this idea of like, what I do is who I am. And I, and I think that when you have something like this happen to you often what you do must change. when you’re identifying with what you do, you’re sort of declaring that as your title, who you are, I would imagine that’s pretty tough. Luckily, I wasn’t tied to Federal Express, thankfully. Work and Identity Post-Stroke Bill (55:00) Yeah, I hear you. is, people will work as a lawyer for 20 years or 30 years, have a stroke, and then it’s like, well, who am I now? What am I now? And that’s the challenge with working and identifying as the work that you do. know, those days are gone in theory. You know, you don’t get named John lawyer anymore. You don’t get named John banker. anymore, you you don’t get the your surname from the occupation that you do back in the day, you know, Baker, carpenter, plumber, you know, all those people, they were their entire job, they did it for 3040 5060 years, that was what they did. And then when they couldn’t work anymore, well, they still identified as john plumber, because they had the name, the name was given to them or John Carpenter or whomever. The thing about it is now with jobs being so ⁓ not long term anymore, you get a job or you go to a particular employer and then two, three years you’re in another role or another title, et cetera, ⁓ or you’ve moved up the corporate ladder, et cetera. Well, if you’ve never even done that, if you’ve only ever worked and you haven’t explored your interests, ⁓ hiking, walking, running, playing ball, ⁓ becoming a poker player, ⁓ whatever, whatever it is other than my job, you’re very, it’s understandable that it’s very narrow how you can explain to somebody how you occupy your time. Like what do you do? Well, I do plumbing, but I also do poker. ⁓ I do this, but I also do that. I’m that guy. Like when you ask me, sometimes I will literally be in a painting outfit, not so often now, but my painting clothes, and then I’ll take them off and I’ll sit in front of the computer and I’ll record a podcast episode. And then at the end of the day, I’ll be doing a presentation somewhere, speaking publicly on a particular topic at the moment. My favorite topic is post-traumatic growth. When somebody asks me, what do you do? If they know me, they know I do podcasting. They know I do painting. They know I do speaking. They know I’ve written a book. ⁓ they know all these things about me. If they don’t know me, depending on which room I’m in, I’m a podcaster. If I’m in one room, I’m an author. If I’m in another room, if I’m in another room, I’m a painter and so on. And what that allows me to do is. not be tied down to my entire existence being about only one thing, because I think that would be boring as, and I would hate to be the guy that only knows something about painting, how to paint the wall fantastically. mean, great, maybe, but not really rewarding, and not a lot of ⁓ spiritual and existential growth in painting a wall. I solve a problem for you, but I haven’t gained anything. other than money for me. It’s not really, you know, it’s not my cup of tea anymore. Now I get to have a podcast, I get to make way less money out of a podcast episode and yet reach hundreds and thousands of people and feel really amazing about that. And what that does is that fills up my cup. That allows me to fill up my cup on the down days where I’m not earning a living. And then it allows me to go earn a living. and then not feel like all I’m doing is working and going through the maze all day every day and just being on the constant cycle of the boredom and the sameness and all that kind of stuff. So I sprinkle a little bit of this and that into my life so that I don’t have ⁓ the same day twice because I can’t cope with the same day three times. Twice is a real bad sign for me. If there’s a third day coming, that’s gonna be the same as yesterday. I’m not up for that, I don’t want to know about it. Jake (59:21) Right. Well, that also helps with your recovery. I think like, as you say, you do a lot of different things and that helps a lot. Right. So, you know, one, for instance, is, know, the, of the first things I started to think of when I was in the hospital in Sudbury and thinking of getting home is my gosh, it’s going to start getting cold soon. Winter’s going to hit. And I really have to start getting that wood all stacked. Right. So So, you know, here I am, I’m benefiting from it now. I burn wood all winter, but, ⁓ you know, I spent a lot of my rehab ⁓ stacking wood. And I mean, that’s incredibly great physiotherapy, right? Whether you’re stacking wood or like you said, you made me think when you’re talking about painting, I’m thinking about like the karate kid, right? Like with wax on wax on paint on, this is the kind of stuff that gets you out of one particular mold. And with your brain sort of like focused on recovering in one single area, you can recover in all these different areas. And I think they contribute to like a big picture of your recovery. Bill (1:00:34) I agree with that. It’s exactly right. It’s you know standing on the ladder which I do less of these days because I Felt off about a year and a half ago. So standing on the ladder and Getting down the ladder holding a paint can and applying paint ⁓ Putting drop shades down and picking up tubs of paint, you know ⁓ That whole every part of that physical activity is using a different part of the brain. Writing a book, even if it’s only 10 minutes a day, writing half a page or 10 paragraphs or whatever it is, that uses a different part of the brain. ⁓ Public speaking, that trains and uses a different part of the brain. Everything that I do definitely kind of helps to rewire the brain in many, different ways and supports my ongoing recovery and… ⁓ is and the idea behind it amongst other things, the idea behind it from a neurological kind of perspective is that it activates more of the brain. The more of the brain that’s activated, the more chance you are of creating new neuronal pathways and having ⁓ more options for healing or recovery. And then it works emotionally for me, it works mentally for me. Do you know, so I get… the emotional fitness and the mental fitness out of it. Speaking on the podcast, meeting people gives back. you know, that serves my, I need to serve other people purpose. Do you know, like, it’s just so much, everyone ⁓ who knows me kind of knows that I wear a lot of hats. I kind of. I kind of like, I do it. I show people like when they’re saying, what are you up to today? I’ve been wearing a lot of hats today. And if I’m not wearing a hat, like I pretend that I put another one off or just took one off when I’m sitting with them or talking with them. It’s crazy how many things I do. And about the only hat I would prefer not to wear right now is I prefer to put the painting hat down. and just hand that over to somebody else and just go, I think that part of my life’s done and I’ll move on to other things. Jake (1:02:57) If you don’t mind, have one, there’s one more thing that right now that I’d like to mention just before I forget. Is that all right? All right. All right. So the only other thing, the thing that I’ve been dealing with myself and I don’t know how many people deal with it or don’t deal with it. I know that not everybody does. don’t, I deal with a lot of post, uh, post stroke pain. So while I don’t have Bill (1:03:04) Yeah, of course. Jake (1:03:25) ⁓ the misfortune of losing use of my feet or losing use of my hand. I mean, it’s limited. do therapy, but I’m able to use my hands. I’m able to write and all this. But coming along with that is an incredible amount of ⁓ burning, tingling ⁓ sort of ⁓ feelings like there is ⁓ almost like the, know, if you can think of newspapers when they’re delivered in a bundle and they’ve got this kind of plastic strapping around it. ⁓ It’s usually it’s yellow, you know, this sort of plastic strapping. I feel often like that is wrapped around my arms, like it’s wrapped around my leg. I deal with a lot of this kind of stuff, unfortunately. So again, I mean, I’m not going to sit here and whine about it because again, ⁓ I can walk, I can do all the things that I need to do and I’d rather have that than what I do. But I’m wondering if it’s really common for a lot of people to have this, you know, post stroke pain. Bill (1:04:44) If 10 was the worst pain you’ve ever experienced in your life, that’s like we’re talking about 10 is somebody’s cut your limb off ⁓ and one is no pain at all. Like where would the pain be for you? Jake (1:05:00) Well, thankfully, again, thankfully ⁓ I’ve had some progress in this. So when I first came to, when I was first starting to get all the feeling back, ⁓ I started to notice that some feeling wasn’t coming back. But while I was in the hospital, I was on quite a lot of medication. So I was on some pretty heavy painkillers. ⁓ I think hydro-morphone, things like this. And I came off of those when I was coming home and a lot of the feelings started coming back. I would say that some days and at some times that pain can be what I would say maybe it’s a 12 out of 10. Like it’s bad. at some points I’ve been left doing nothing but be able to just really just sit there and cry. I’m going to be honest with you. And the pain could be quite severe. Now luckily those days are few and far between. It’s not all the time. ⁓ And here’s the deal. The thing that’s very strange with the post stroke pain or the intensity of it is that it’s like going to sleep or it’s like the start of a new day, the beginning of a new day is like a reset button’s been hit. So for instance, I could wake up on a Monday and I could be hit with the worst pain that I’ve ever had in my life. It feels literally like I’m being hit with a taser gun on the right side of my body and that while somebody’s hitting it with the taser gun, they’ve lit my hand on fire. And, ⁓ And then the very next day after I’ve gone to sleep, I woke up and I’ve had the rest. I wake up almost scared to move because for me, sort of when I wake up and I haven’t moved yet, it’s almost like nothing’s happened to me. It’s like I wake up and I don’t know that I’m numb. don’t know that I’m in pain. don’t know that all this is going on. And then I start to move and sometimes I can sit there and feel a relief. Think, wow. There’s nothing severe going on. This is pretty good and it’s going to be a great day. Or sometimes I can be struck with a type of debilitating pain that I can’t even describe. Yeah. Pain Management and Coping Strategies Bill (1:07:34) Well, what you’re describing is very common. I know a lot of people going through post stroke pain. ⁓ It is a thing. I have a very minor version of exactly the thing that you described about how the tightness and things wrapped around ⁓ your hand, like the newspaper. that’s kind of what I feel on my left side, the whole left side all the time and the burning and tingling sensation all the time. And okay, on my worst days, these days, like it’s probably, you know, I know, it’s probably a four and a terrible one would be a five, but it doesn’t get there much. And what I’ve noticed is that the, either I’ve become more tolerant of it or my my pain has decreased in my awareness. Like I’m aware of the fact that my limb is in the state that it’s in. And sometimes I’ll go to get a massage to get the muscles loo

In this interview, Zak Mir speaks with Fulcrum Metals CEO Ryan Mee about the company's progress in reprocessing a legacy gold mine in Canada, recent TR1 filings showing increased investor activity, and what lies ahead for the company.Fulcrum has boosted gold recovery from around 59% to over 70%, now also recovering silver, using a zero-cyanide, zero-waste process with six-hour leach times. Recent drilling has lifted gold-equivalent grades by 8% to 0.7 g/t, supporting a mineral resource estimate expected in early 2026.Fulcrum Metals has quietly been reshaping its story: moving from a conventional explorer to a technology‑led developer focused on recovering gold and critical minerals from historic tailings. Recent test results, shareholder activity and a tightening register have put the company on the map. Here's what matters and why this transition could be significant for the company and the wider mining sector.Mining Indaba in Cape Town - from Feb 9–12.Fulcrum Metals' senior management will be in Cape Town from February 9–12 for the Mining Indaba conference. If you'd like to meet and learn more about our environmentally friendly tailings reprocessing strategy, please get in touch.Why the pivot to tailings mattersTailings projects tap previously mined material rather than digging new pits. That has three immediate advantages: Lower environmental footprint — using existing material reduces disturbance and can avoid new land clearances. Faster access to ounces — infrastructure and mineral concentrations are already known, which shortens timelines. Opportunity to recover multiple metals — tailings often contain not only gold but also silver and critical elements that were not recovered economically in the past. The Extrakt technology: cleaner, simpler, scalableFulcrum has partnered with a proprietary process referred to as Extrakt. The core claims are simple but powerful: a single process that is zero cyanide and zero waste, capable of recovering gold alongside valuable co‑products such as tellurium, gallium and silver.  Located in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Teck-Hughes historic gold mine. Milled circa 9.6 million tonnes of ore and produced circa 3.7 million ounces of gold between 1917 and 1968. Project consists of 7 mining claims over 112 hectares Working with Extrakt to use its technology to sustainability extract gold from the Teck-Hughes' tailings. Early bench testing delivered initial gold recoveries around 59%. More recent Phase 3 testwork has produced results in excess of 70% for both gold and silver, with further optimisation underway. In addition, extended leach testing is targeting critical minerals such as tellurium and gallium — potentially transforming the economics by increasing the project's gold‑equivalent grade.Phase 3 and the rise of co‑productsPhase 3 is the pivotal study for Fulcrum. The company has already flagged preliminary Phase 3 results and expects further announcements in the near term. Key takeaways: Higher recoveries — movement from ~59% to +70% indicates the process is maturing. Co‑product potential — tellurium, gallium and silver could materially boost gold‑equivalent grades and project NPV. Zero cyanide, zero waste — if the claims hold at scale, this could be a disruptive environmental and permitting advantage. Market response and share register dynamicsThe market has noticed the progress. Share price momentum pushed the company near one‑year highs and produced notable insider and institutional activity. Several TR1 filings showed increases from investors including Metals One, Nick Nugent and Ian Bagnell, amounting to just over 26% combined. Directors retain roughly 19% of the register, tightening ownership and aligning incentives.At the time of reporting, the stock was up about 30.51% year‑to‑date, with a market capitalisation of around £11.09m. That performance suggests growing investor appetite for technology‑driven, lower‑impact resource plays.Valuation perspective and upside potentialThe company's projects host an estimated 200,000 ounces of gold. Using a bullish gold price reference quoted by management (~US$5,000/oz at the time), the in‑situ metal value can look large on paper. That said, there are important caveats: Resource estimates need to be converted into economic reserves. Process performance at bench scale must be proven in pilot and commercial operations. Recovery of co‑products and their marketability will materially influence economics. In short: the combination of a credible resource base plus a potentially disruptive extraction method creates meaningful upside if the technology scales and regulatory, permitting and commercial hurdles are cleared.What to watch next Phase 3 final results — confirmation of sustained >70% recoveries and consistent co‑product yields. Pilot test plans — announcement of pilot or demonstration plant timelines and budgets. Commercial agreements — off‑take, offtake partnerships for co‑products, or licensing deals for the Extract process. Register movements — further institutional interest or increased insider holdings that signal confidence. Bottom lineFulcrum Metals is positioning itself as more than a gold explorer. By combining tailings assets with a zero‑cyanide extraction method and the prospect of multiple recoverable metals, the company is aiming to offer a cleaner, faster route to value. The next tranche of Phase 3 results and any pilot‑scale confirmations will be the most important value inflection points to watch.

Erik Wetterling, Founder and Editor of The Hedgeless Horseman website, joins us to review the value proposition that caught his attention from post conference meetings and based on recent news from 1 gold developer/explorer and 1 earlier-stage gold exploration company; both going after drill targets on large potential Tier-1 deposits that would be of interest to senior producers if discoveries are made.    >> The companies we discussed in the interview are:   Goldsky Resources Corp (TSXV: GSKR) (FNSE: GSKR SDB) (OTCQX: GSKRF) (FRA: HEG0) On January 28th, 2026 the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with Agnico Eagle Sweden AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, pursuant to which Goldsky has agreed to acquire the remaining 55% interest in the Barsele Gold Project in Sweden from Agnico, resulting in Goldsky consolidating 100% ownership of Barsele. On February 3rd, 2026 the Company announced commencement of the 2026 winter drilling season at its 100% owned Rajapalot property in Northern Finland. Four diamond drill-rigs have been mobilized to site over the past weeks and have begun a 10,000 meter drilling program.   Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: KLDC) (OTCID: KLKLF)  On January 22nd, 2026 the Company announced an update on its ongoing, fully funded 25,000-m diamond drilling program at its KL West Property in the Kirkland Lake region of Ontario. Recent drilling and associated geochemical results have confirmed altered syenite intrusions as a primary control on gold mineralization at the Wolverine Bend target. These results validate the Company's exploration model and significantly expand the interpreted scale and style of intrusion-related gold mineralization along the Winnie Lake Stock ("WLS") contact corridor. ON December 18th, 2026 the Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Orecap Invest Corp. providing for the acquisition of the Mirado Gold Project, a 2,500-hectare property hosting an inferred historical resource of 10.6 Mt at 1.29 g/t for ~442,000 oz Au with strong opportunities for near-resource expansion and regional discovery.   * In full disclosure, some companies mentioned by Erik in this interview, are positions held in his personal portfolio, and also may be site sponsors of The Hedgeless Horseman website at the time of this recording.   Click here to follow Erik's analysis over at The Hedgeless Horseman website   For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks:   The KE Report: https://kereport.substack.com/ Shad's resource market commentary: https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/     Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Investing in equities and commodities involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests and hosts may own shares in companies mentioned.

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of standout small-cap companies making big moves todayGreat Atlantic Resources (TSXV: GR) Great Atlantic just revealed historic metallurgical data showing up to 99% gold recovery from its Golden Promise Gold Property in Newfoundland. These results validate the project's high-grade potential as the company gears up for a 2,700-tonne bulk sample with Novamera Inc. If recovery rates hold under modern testing, Golden Promise could become one of Atlantic Canada's most compelling near-surface gold projects.Blackrock Silver (TSXV: BRC) Blackrock is expanding fast in Nevada, reporting 5.03 metres at 750 g/t AgEq, including 1.83 metres at 1,661 g/t AgEq, from its Tonopah West project. The results confirm strong high-grade mineralization extending 1.2 km east of the main deposit — a major step toward growing its resource base in one of the world's most mining-friendly regions.Goliath Resources (TSXV: GOT) Goliath continues to impress with new results from its Surebet Discovery in B.C.'s Golden Triangle — including 10.72 g/t gold over 7.83 metres and 20.37 g/t gold over 4.10 metres. Every hole drilled so far has hit mineralization across a 1.8 km² footprint, and the system remains wide open. With 84 holes still pending, the discovery's scale keeps growing.Kirkland Lake Discoveries (TSXV: KLDC) KLDC has struck both copper and gold in Ontario's world-class Kirkland Lake camp. The company drilled 31.38 metres of 1.22% CuEq from surface and discovered a new gold-bearing intrusive system across a 17-km geological structure. Backed by $12 million in cash, the company plans a rapid expansion of its drill program targeting this emerging district-scale system.Argenta Silver Corp. (TSXV: AGAG) Argenta just hit 35 metres grading 263 g/t silver, including 6 metres at 425 g/t, at its El Quevar Project in Argentina. With C$23 million in the treasury and a new 15,000-metre drill campaign starting November 1, Argenta is fully funded to expand its high-grade Yaxtché deposit and test new mineralized zones — signaling growth on multiple fronts.Stay Ahead of the Curve! Follow AGORACOM for more breaking small-cap news, interviews, and analysis. Tune into the AGORACOM Podcast for in-depth discussions on the companies shaping the next wave of growth!

In today's feature, we delve deep into the exciting developments at Fulcrum Metals, a technology-led company focused on recovering precious metals from mine tailings in Canada. An insightful discussion inspires this article with Ryan Mee, CEO of Fulcrum Metals, hosted by Zak Mir. Together, they explore a groundbreaking Master Licence Agreement signed with Extrakt Process Solutions LLC, positioning Fulcrum Metals at the forefront of tailings processing in some of Canada's richest gold mining regions. Unlocking Value from Legacy Gold Mine Waste Mining tailings, often overlooked, represent a significant opportunity for precious metals recovery. These tailings are essentially mine waste left on the surface after primary extraction processes. Fulcrum Metals has identified a unique niche in processing these tailings, particularly in the prolific gold camps of Kirkland Lake and Timmins, Ontario. Ryan Mee shared that the company's recent exclusivity agreement with Extrakt Process Solutions is nothing short of a gamechanger. After a year and a half of negotiations, Fulcrum Metals secured exclusive licensing rights to Extrakt's breakthrough technology for tailings processing. This exclusive partnership covers Canada's top two gold camps—Kirkland Lake and Timmins—both renowned for their rich mining history and extensive tailings sites. What makes this deal truly unique is its exclusivity. According to Ryan, “No one anywhere in the world has this type of deal with Extrakt.” This exclusivity provides Fulcrum Metals with a clear pathway to production and growth, leveraging over 700 million US dollars in situ estimated value across their projects. Considering the company's market cap of just 2.5 million, this represents an extraordinary value proposition, especially when factoring in additional exploration assets and monetised portfolios such as uranium and the recently announced Tully deal. https://www.share-talk.com/interview-fulcrum-metals-revolutionising-precious-metals-recovery-from-tailings-in-canada/

Trey Wasser, CEO and Director of Dryden Gold Corp (TSX.V: DRY) (OTCQB: DRYGF), joins me to outline the recent drill assay that intersected bonanza-grade gold in the new hanging wall discovery from deeper drilling at the Elora Gold System.  In addition to all the targets along the Elora trend, we also discuss new geological understanding and work initiatives at the Big Master, Mud Lake, and Mosher Bay Areas of the Gold Rock Camp at the onset of this year's 15,000 meter drill program. We also discuss exploration programs for later in the year at both the Sherridon, and Hyndman areas across their Dryden Gold District, in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.   Drill assays for this newly intercepted hanging wall gold mineralization in hole KW-25-003 Assays have now confirmed results of 301.67 g/t gold over 3.90 meters including 1,930 g/t gold over 0.60 meters with folded quartz stringer veins hosted in sheared basalts. This hanging wall zone is approximately 80 meters from the main Jubilee high-grade zone at a true depth of 250 meters.   We discuss the exploration plans for multiple targets at Elora for this year like around the historic Laurentian Mine and the Intersection target.  Trey also outlines how a new interpretation of a 3rd deformation structure (D3) with folding in the geological structure creates a good trap for the gold fluids. This new understanding will assist with going back and drilling the hanging wall structure, and also the historic high-grade mineralization over at Big Master, in addition to at Mud Lake. This complex geological data is further evidence that the Dryden District hosts a strong Archean lode gold system like the Red Lake, Kirkland Lake, and Timmins Districts.   Wrapping up we look ahead to the more drilling coming from across the Gold Rock Camp, plus ongoing work programs at both the Sherridon, and Hyndman areas across their Dryden Gold District, in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.     If you have any questions for Trey regarding Dryden Gold, then please email me at Shad@kereport.com.   In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Dryden Gold at the time of this recording.   Click here to follow the latest news from Dryden Gold

Zak Mir talks to Ryan Mee, CEO of Fulcrum Metals, in the wake of the Panther Metals stake sale and LOI for the sale of the Tully Gold property. Fulcrum Metals plc (LON: FMET), a technology led company focused on the recovery of precious metals from mine tailings in Canada, is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with TSX Venture Exchange listed Loyalist Exploration Limited (“Loyalist”) for the sale of the Company's 100% interest in the Tully Gold Project (“Tully” or the “Project”) in Timmins, Ontario. Loyalist Exploration Limited is a recently restructured mineral exploration company led by an experienced management and directors focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing quality mineral properties in Canada. Loyalist recently announced a strengthening of its portfolio through the addition of the Loveland nickel/copper/gold property and the Gold Rush gold/silver property, both located in the Timmins, Ontario mining district. LOI highlights · Cash payment of CA$500,000 payable to Fulcrum on completion · 89,255,000 common shares in Loyalist to be issued to Fulcrum representing a shareholding of 19.9% in the issued share capital of Loyalist upon completion (subject to adjustment) with an implied value of CA$892,550 based on a price of CA$0.01 per share · A 2% net smelter royalty (“NSR”) to be granted to Fulcrum over the Project with a CA$1,000,000 buy back for 1% · Potential future milestone payments to Fulcrum of CA$100,000 in cash and 30,000,000 shares in Loyalist at a price of CA$0.01 per share or cash in lieu · Exposure to multiple highly prospective projects in the Timmins mining district Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum, commented: “I am very pleased to announce the signing of the LOI with Loyalist over the highly prospective Tully Gold Project in Timmins, Ontario. This transaction aligns perfectly with our broader strategy to divest exploration assets and focus on the development of our gold tailings projects in Kirkland Lake and the potential commercial opportunities open to us. “We believe that Tully is a high quality asset that is located in one of the world's most prolific gold districts, and the terms retain significant exposure for Fulcrum in the potential upside through the shareholding and the milestone and royalty structure. I look forward to working alongside Loyalist to closing this transaction.” https://www.share-talk.com/fulcrum-metals-plc-lonfmet-letter-of-intent-for-sale-of-tully-gold-property/

Maura Kolb, President of Dryden Gold Corp (TSX.V: DRY) (OTCQB: DRYGF), joins me to outline the new zone with significant visible gold ("VG") intersected from deeper drilling at the Elora Gold System at the Gold Rock Camp at the onset of this year's 15,000 meter drill program. We discuss the exploration plans for multiple targets at Elora for this year, as well as drill programs for later in the year at both the Sherridon, and Hyndman areas across their Dryden Gold District, in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.    This newly discovered section intersected by Drill Hole KW-25-003, displaying the VG, is a hanging wall structure of folded sheared basalts and represents the most significant amount of VG that Dryden Gold has intersected to date. Maura outlines how this folding in the geological structure creates a good trap for the gold fluids, and this new discovery is further evidence that the Dryden District hosts a strong Archean lode gold system like Red Lake, Kirkland Lake and Timmins Districts.   We discussed that 5 holes have been drilled thus far at Elora and are testing down plunge at true depths between 250 and 400 meters and often these can intersect several targets with one hole.  Now that Company has received their exploration permits in late February to set up some new drill pads, the focus will be on testing the further down-plunge potential of Elora and along strike to the northeast, around the historic Elora-Jubilee Mine, at a cross-cutting structure parallel to Big Master, and around the high-grade historic Laurentian Mine.   We then widened the scope to discuss 2 other key areas of exploration focus on their district-scale land package, with surveys and field work vectoring on future drill targets at both the Sherridon and Hyndman areas of the Project. Sherridon also just received its exploration permits for drilling there later this summer, and there is more targeting work underway to potentially drill Hyndman in the fall.   If you have any questions for Maura regarding Dryden Gold, then please email me at Shad@kereport.com.   In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Dryden Gold at the time of this recording.   Click here to follow the latest news from Dryden Gold

This week we meet a young man from Kirkland Lake who is serving with the Ukrainian army in the war against Russia, we get an update on the Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs, we learn about the growth of online sports betting in Ontario, we meet a 100-year-old World War 2 veteran, and we visit Sudbury's first smash room.

Interview with Dan Noone, CEO of G2 Goldfields Inc.Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/g2-goldfields-tsxvgtwo-guyana-gold-explorer-preps-strategic-split-asset-sale-6550Recording date: 10th March 2025G2 Goldfields has announced a significant achievement with its latest mineral resource estimation showing over 3 million ounces of gold at its Oko-Aremu project in Guyana. This marks the company's third resource update, steadily growing from just over 1 million ounces in its first estimation to now exceeding 3 million ounces.The company completed 59,000 meters of drilling last year, primarily at the Ghanie deposit, successfully connecting previously separate zones into a continuous 2.5-kilometer mineralized shear zone. The project features two distinct mineralization styles: the high-grade OKO Main Zone, where shears 3, 4, and 5 contain approximately 960,000 ounces averaging 9 g/t gold, and the Ghanie deposit with both high-grade footwall zones (7 g/t) and disseminated hanging wall mineralization (1 g/t).CEO Dan Noone highlighted the project's robust nature regardless of cut-off grade parameters, stating, "The deposit isn't sensitive to cut-off grade... The ounces always seem to be there; it doesn't really matter what parameters we put in."The project demonstrates excellent metallurgical performance with gold recoveries averaging 98.5% at OKO Main Zone and 94.2% at Ghanie, with no problematic elements present in the mineralization. This clean metallurgical profile makes the deposit well-suited for gravity recovery methods, potentially reducing both capital and operating expenses.G2 Goldfields is currently operating two drill rigs targeting higher-grade zones at depth and along strike. Recent drilling has shown promising results, with visible gold observed in step-out holes. The company is also exploring additional targets including OKO North and an area called Birdcage.With approximately $37 million in cash, G2 is well-funded for continued exploration without requiring additional financing. AngloGold Ashanti holds nearly 15% ownership in the company, and multiple mining companies have reviewed their data room under active non-disclosure agreements, suggesting potential acquisition interest.The proximity to G Mining's neighboring project creates potential synergies that could be attractive to acquirers. Noone noted, "It's obvious to anybody that this is really one big 5-kilometer long deposit... not much different to the Kalgoorlie Super Pit which had three mines on it, or Red Lake, or Kirkland Lake. And so there's obvious synergies here."Looking ahead to 2025, Noone hopes to see gold prices remain strong above $3,000 per ounce and make additional discoveries along the main shear trend comparable to OKO Main Zone or Ghanie.View G2 Goldfields' company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/g2-goldfieldsSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

AGORACOM TALKS: Weekly Small Cap RoundupThis week in the small-cap world, we're seeing major developments across various sectors, from clean energy solutions to next-generation battery technology and groundbreaking mining exploration. Let's dive into the standout news:Waste Energy Corp. (OTCQB: WAST) secures its first waste-to-energy site in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The facility will process up to 30 tons of plastic waste daily, converting it into clean energy. Operations start Q2 2025.Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (TSXV: GR) reports strong gold and copper values at its Golden Promise Gold Property. Trenching results show high potential for mineralization, with samples returning over 1% copper.AISIX Solutions Inc. (TSXV: AISX, OTCQB: AISXF) releases wildfire risk analysis for Ontario municipalities. Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, and Kirkland Lake rank highest, with risk projected to rise in Assiginack, South River, and Huron Shores by 2050.PyroGenesis In. (TSX: PYR, OTCQB: PYRGF, FSE: 8PY1) expects at least $4M in Q4 revenue, bringing 2024 totals to at least $15M—a 22% YoY increase. The company holds a $58M contract backlog.FTI Foodtech International Inc. (TSXV: FTI) launches beBlack, a premium beauty brand for the Black community. The market is expected to grow to $9.2B by 2025.

Eric Sprott like never before! Did you know Eric Sprott made over $1 billion on Kirkland Lake and lost over $40 million on Pure Gold. This is interview you do not want to miss! WAIVER & DISCLAIMER If you register for this webinar/interview you agree to the following: This webinar is provided for information purposes only. All opinions expressed by the individuals in this webinar/interview are solely the individuals' opinions and neither reflect the opinions, nor are made on behalf of, Bloor Street Capital Inc. Presenters will not be providing legal or financial advice to any webinar participants or any person watching a recorded version of the webinar. The investing ideas and strategies discussed on this webinar/interview are not recommendations to buy or sell any security and are not intended to provide any investment advise of any kind, but are made available solely for educational and informational purposes. Investments or strategies mentioned in this webinar/interview may not be suitable for your particular investment objectives, financial situation, or needs. You should be aware of the real risk of loss in following any investment strategy discussed in this webinar/interview. All webinar participants or viewers of a recorded version of this webinar should obtain independent legal and financial advice. All webinar participants accept and grant permission to Bloor Street Capital Inc. and its representatives in connection with such recording. The information contained in this webinar/interview is current as of October, 2024, the date of this webinar/interview, unless otherwise indicated, and is provided for information purposes.

Interview with Claudia Tornquist, President & CEO of Kodiak Copper Corp.Hugh Agro, President & CEO of Revival Gold Inc.Recording date: 17th October 2024The mining sector is experiencing a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, presenting significant opportunities for savvy investors. This uptick is primarily driven by strong commodity prices, particularly in gold and copper, which have bolstered the cash flows of major mining companies. As a result, these industry giants are actively seeking to replenish their project pipelines, creating a dynamic environment for potential deals.Key factors fueling this M&A trend include strong commodity prices generating substantial cash flows for major miners, shortage of new projects in major companies' pipelines, especially in copper, growing preference for projects in stable, low-risk jurisdictions, and emphasis on scale and longevity of assets to attract passive investors.For investors looking to capitalize on this trend, understanding what makes a company or project an attractive M&A target is crucial. Desirable characteristics include:Large-scale projects that can "move the needle" for major companiesAdvanced-stage assets with defined resources and completed feasibility studiesLocation in stable, mining-friendly jurisdictionsStrong community relationships and robust environmental practicesAdditional exploration potential to extend project life or increase scaleInterestingly, M&A activity often accelerates when market conditions improve rather than during downturns. As the market for junior mining stocks begins to recover, we could see an increase in deal-making. This pattern presents an opportunity for investors to position themselves ahead of potential transactions.Currently, many potential acquisition targets are trading at depressed valuations, creating opportunities for acquirers to make deals at attractive prices. For investors, this means identifying undervalued companies with high-quality assets that could become M&A targets. Recent successful transactions, such as Gold Fields' acquisition of Yamana Gold and Kirkland Lake's purchase of Detour Gold, demonstrate the importance of strategic thinking about long-term industry trends and the ability to identify undervalued assets.Companies aiming to position themselves as attractive M&A targets employ several key strategies. They focus on building scale through extensive drilling programs and resource definition, which demonstrates the potential size and value of their projects. Simultaneously, these companies work to de-risk their assets by advancing them through various study stages, from preliminary economic assessments to full feasibility studies. Maintaining strong community relations, effective capital markets and marketing strategies are also implemented to ensure the company's value is well-communicated to both investors and potential buyers. Clear and consistent communication of the company's vision and strategy further enhances its appeal in the M&A market.Looking ahead, the M&A landscape in the mining sector is likely to be shaped by several emerging trends. There is an increasing focus on critical minerals essential for green technologies, reflecting the growing importance of sustainability and the transition to clean energy. The integration of advanced technologies and innovative mining practices is becoming more significant too, as companies seek to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors are playing an increasingly important role in M&A decisions, with acquirers placing greater emphasis on targets with strong ESG credentials. For investors seeking to benefit from this M&A wave, consider focusing on companies with high-quality projects in favorable jurisdictions, look for undervalued opportunities, stay informed about broader industry trends, and consider a diversified approach to mitigate risks. While the current M&A environment presents exciting opportunities, investors should remain aware of the cyclical nature of the mining industry and the potential challenges associated with deal-making and integration. As always, thorough due diligence and a long-term perspective are essential when investing in this dynamic sector.Learn more: https://cruxinvestor.comSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

In the past, a higher gold price would have spurred more exploration and mine development in Ontario. But investors' preferences have changed since the last time gold was in favour, and some recent federal regulations are adding time and expense to mine development. A look at whether gold mining in Ontario has lost its allure just as the yellow metal hits all time highs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week the Sudbury Action Centre for Youth closes its doors, Kirkland Lake pulls out of the Harry Oaks Chateau, we meet Sudbury's new medical officer for health, a women's hockey tournament in Temiskaming Shores, why some people think the community of Black River-Matheson is broken, and curling dad Gerry Horgan checks in from the Women's World Curling Championships.

Northstar Gold Corp's CEO, Brian Fowler joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the results from recently completed LiDAR and Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) soil surveys at the Rosegrove Property. Situated immediately northwest of Northstar's Miller Copper-Gold Property and 13 kilometers south of the town of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Rosegrove is a key focus area for the company's exploration efforts. Fowler explained that the 2021 property-wide UAV magnetic survey, along with the recent LiDAR and MMI surveys at Rosegrove, have revealed multiple coincidental magnetic, structural, and soil geochemical gold anomalies. These anomalies are associated with the regional first order Pacaud Fault Zone, as well as two distinct copper trends and zinc anomalies in Pacaud Assemblage metavolcanics. Importantly, the Pacaud Assemblage rocks host the volcanogenic massive sulphide horizons recently confirmed by Northstar's Cam Copper Mine drill program on the adjacent Miller Copper-Gold Property. In response to these findings, Northstar plans to conduct ground truthing of these new exploration targets in the upcoming summer season. This will involve an extensive mapping, prospecting, sampling, and trenching program aimed at further delineating the potential of these targets and advancing the understanding of the geological structures in the area. Overall, these survey results represent an important step forward in Northstar's exploration efforts and demonstrate the significant exploration potential of the Rosegrove Property. #proactiveinvestors #northstargoldcorp #cse #nsg #otcqb #nsgcf #mining #gold #MiningOntario, #RoseGroveProperty, #GoldExploration, #CopperMining, #ZincDeposits, #GeologicalSurveys, #LIDARTechnology, #SoilSurveyMMI, #MagneticSurveys, #MineralExploration, #GlaciatedTerrains, #PropertyWideSurvey, #GeochemicalTrends, #GoldAnomalies, #CopperTrends, #ExplorationSuccess, #Prospecting, #Sampling, #Trenching, #MineralDepositsIdentification, #ExplorationTechniques, #Geology, #MiningIndustry, #ResourceExploration #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Elizabeth Kelly is a real estate investor and coach in Ontario, helping new and experienced investors take their real estate businesses to the next level. Elizabeth has experience with investing in many different asset classes, she has been a trainer for Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and today, she is on the Self Wealth Real Estate podcast to give us some expert advice on real estate investing.    Listen now to learn more about the rent-to-own strategy and what it takes to achieve success as a real estate investor today!   Key Talking Points of the Episode   00:00 Introduction 01:30 What is Elizabeth's background? 03:14 How did the 2008 crash affect Elizabeth's real estate investments? 05:42 How did Elizabeth become a trainer for Rich Dad, Poor Dad? 08:02 What is Elizabeth's favorite real estate investing strategy? 09:30 What is the story behind Elizabeth's commercial building in Ontario? 12:10 How did Elizabeth get into short-term rentals? 18:48 What is the difference between Rent-to-Own and Lease Options? 24:50 What are the different ways to structure a rent-to-own deal? 26:20 Why did Elizabeth have to move to Kirkland Lake? 27:58 How much has Elizabeth's real estate portfolio changed over the years? 33:16 What is the importance of understanding when the business needs to pivot? 38:33 What trends are we seeing in the wholesaling space today? 40:33 How did Elizabeth get into coaching real estate investors? 44:53 What is Elizabeth's most favorite deal? 51:55 What was Elizabeth's worst deal like? 56:57 How has Elizabeth's approach to real estate changed over the years? 57:44 What is Elizabeth's advice for her younger self? 58:23 What is the most overhyped investing strategy today?   Quotables   “I just found that rent-to-owns resonated a lot more for me because I love the idea of taking families, people who had been struggling, who lost their jobs or had some health issues, and being able to help them with home ownership again.”   “If you're offering housing with good integrity, you're gonna try and work out a solution where everybody at least walks away – they might not be perfect, they might not be thrilled, but it's a situation that's fair. That's always the goal.”   “My way to give back now in the world of real estate is to do coaching and to do it as transparently and as honestly as possible.”   Links   Social Media: Elizabeth Kelly Consulting https://www.instagram.com/elizabethkellyconsulting https://www.facebook.com/EKConsulting.ca/   Website: Elizabeth Kelly Consulting https://ekconsulting.ca/

Northstar Gold Corp's CEO, Brian Fowler joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company's recent financing and exploration activities. The company has successfully closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement, raising nearly $400,000 in funds. These funds will be allocated to support exploration efforts on several of Northstar's properties, with a specific focus on the historic high-grade Cam Copper Mine, located within the 100%-owned Miller Gold Property. Fowler explained that the company plans to conduct a down-hole EM geophysical survey from the 2023 Cam drill holes in early 2024. Geophysical anomalies identified through this survey will be drill-tested as part of a Phase II Cam Copper diamond drill program scheduled for late February/early March 2024. In addition to this financing success, Fowler shared that Northstar Gold Corp has received an exploration grant from the Ontario Ministry, amounting to up to $80,532.50. This grant covers 50% of the company's critical minerals exploration expenditures at the Rosegrove Property, situated just south of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The Rosegrove Property is highly prospective for shear and alkaline intrusion-related copper-gold deposits. Northstar is eagerly anticipating the results of recently completed LiDAR and Mobile Metal Ion soil surveys at this property in early 2024. These developments underscore Northstar Gold Corp's commitment to advancing its exploration projects and furthering its presence in the mining sector, particularly in the promising copper-gold domain.

Northstar Gold Corp's CEO, Brian Fowler, spoke with Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the commencement of a diamond drilling program at the historic Cam Copper Mine, situated southeast of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. This mine, which saw underground development activities between 1929 and 1953, boasts a 220-foot vertical shaft. Notably, historical drill results and Northstar's recently disclosed surface sampling findings corroborate reports from the past regarding a 1955 shipment of 346 tons of underground ore, which yielded an impressive 43,411 pounds of copper at a Noranda smelter. Fowler revealed to Proactive that the drilling program aims to cover a distance of 700 meters, with a primary focus on identifying high-grade copper mineralization extensions near the surface within the Cam Copper Mine. The drilling operation is anticipated to conclude by the end of the current month. Northstar Gold Corp views this project as a highly promising endeavor, aligning harmoniously with its flagship Miller Property. #proactiveinvestors #northstargoldcorp #cse #nsg #otcqb #nsgcf #mining #gold #invest #investing #CopperMining #NorthstarGoldCorp #Exploration #MineralResources #CEOInterview #HighGradeCopper #MiningIndustry #MineralExploration #KirklandLake #PreciousMetals #ResourceInvestment #Geology #MineralDeposits #Investing #MiningNews #Commodities #GoldMining #MineralExploration #DrillingOperations #CanadianMining #NaturalResources #MineralProspecting #CampCopperMine #ResourceExploration #InvestmentOpportunity #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Carol's artistic focus is the rendering of a contemporary landscape: modern in its simplified, barren approach. The work evokes an abstract and interpretative quality created by the disparity between starkness and hyperrealism, with a specialty in geological forms of Georgian Bay, including Killarney, La Cloche Mountains and the North Channel, Lake Huron.Carol's love of art and nature nurtured her as she obtained a degree in Science from University of Toronto. However, as a self-taught artist she transformed her career into artistic endeavours and began painting professionally over 15 years ago becoming a full-time artist in 2003. Prior to becoming a painter, she worked prolifically in graphite medium, winning many awards for her work since 1983. Carol's work can be found in numerous Private and Corporate Collections throughout North America.Her work has been exhibited in the Art Gallery of Sudbury, The Temiskaming Gallery, and the Museum of Northern History in Kirkland Lake.Stuart Leggett and Carol Currie started their collaboration as artists in 2000 as CLAUSTRO.Their work has been exhibited in many group shows such as the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, The One of a Kind Show, The Toronto Art Expo, The La Cloche Country Art Show, Willisville Mountain Project, and the McMichael Gallery Fall Art Exhibition.Their collaborative works are a part of the public collection of Arcturus Gallery, and Fogler Rubinoff LLPFor more from Carol, please visit her website: https://www.claustro.ca/carol --As always, thanks so much for tuning into Breaking Brave! If you like the show, please subscribe, review, and/or send us your suggestions or questions via the platforms below! For more from Marilyn Barefoot or to get in touch with her directly, please connect via:Marilyn's website: https://marilynbarefoot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ Twitter: @MarilynBarefoot Instagram: @marilynbarefoot ABOUT Marilyn Barefoot, the Host of Breaking Brave:Breaking Brave is Hosted by Marilyn Barefoot, one of the foremost business coaches & creative ideators in North America - Marilyn gets hired by several of the world's biggest brands, companies, and organizations (the NHL, McDonald's, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, MTV, Viacom, The CFL, Forbes Magazine; to name just a few) to help them get unstuck and generate big, creative ideas.It helps us so much to have your feedback which goes a really long way in helping us shape the future of Breaking Brave and host the guests you're most interested in hearing from! So if you have the time, please subscribe, review, and connect with Marilyn on social media or through her website! And as always, thanks so much for tuning in!

We are on the Road to Punches, Piledrivers and Pinfalls we are joined by one of the fastest rising stars on the Ontatio scene, the one and only, current CBPW Women's champion, Krystal Moon. Krystal will be in Kirkland Lake on August 19th. WILL YOU???

Tony Makuch is no stranger to the precious metal sector. He was the CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold, before being acquired by Agnico Eagle earlier this year. He is now Interim CEO of Discovery Silver. In this long-form conversation, Tony talks about continued shareholder value-add for gold mining companies, even when markets and economies are challenging. We discuss the merger of Kirkland Lake and Agnico earlier this year, his transition in management, and why Discovery Silver was a likely next position for him.

Warrior Gold is an exploration company that has consolidated a significant and prospective land package in the world class Kirkland Lake gold camp, Ontario, Canada. The company's properties are hosted in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the world's best-endowed greenstone belts with +200 million ounces of gold produced to date.

Episode Notes In this episode, you will learn about:  Condo Conversions  Investing in Kirkland Lake and St Johns Benefits of having a high performance coach  The Rent-to-Own Strategy  Why some real estate investments don't work  Listen to the full episode at bit.ly/EverydayInvestorPodcast About The Podcast In this podcast, Elizabeth shares her experience with condo conversions and how that brought her into the world of real estate investing. We learn about her success in investing in Kirkland Lake and St Jonhs. We dive into the rent-to-own strategy and where this strategy worked for her. Lastly, Elizabeth dives into why some real estate investing strategies don't work in every location. Tune in to hear more about Elizabeth!  About Elizabeth An experienced real estate investor for more than 15 years, Elizabeth Kelly has a passion for helping people achieve their financial dreams through the purchase of investment properties. Elizabeth specializes in the acquisition and management of Rent-to-Own and multi-unit residential properties. In 2019, she opened Elizabeth Kelly Consulting and Coaching to assist both new and experienced investors in planning, structuring and creatively financing their real estate portfolio so they can enjoy early retirement and leave a legacy for their families.  Get in touch with Elizabeth!  Website:  https://ekconsulting.ca/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/elizabethkellyconsulting/ Linkedin :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-kelly-consulting/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/EKConsulting.ca/   This episode has been brought to you in part by: Jamil Rahemtula Realtor - www.propertybrother.ca Plumbing and Vanity - www.plumbingandvanity.com Inspire Beach Resort - www.inspirebeachresort.com Sell Rent Stay - www.sellrentstay.com  This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In this episode, we are going to be listening to Justin Pratt, who serves the Lord with his family in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. His message is based on the events of Acts 20, examining Paul's address to the Ephesian elders. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/langstaff/message

The Timmins 9  grew to 39,524 hectares, resulting in the evacuations of areas around both Timmins and Gogama.  Evacuations had also been underway in Kirkland Lake as well.  This was the largest wildfire this area had experienced in decades.   But again, it was closing in on city centres so it was now national headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Northstar Gold CEO Brian Fowler joined Steve Darling from Proactive to share news the company has acquired full interest in the 161-hectare Britcanna Property Mining Lease south of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Fowler talks more about the property and how this relates to their Bryce Gold Property. Fowler also shares with Proactive more about the recent Independent NI43-101 Technical Report on that Bryce Gold Property.

Northstar Gold Corp. (OTCQB: NSGCF) is a public company focused on the exploration, development and acquisition of quality exploration properties in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and the Kirkland Lake District. President and CEO Brian Fowler joins us to update us on developments in their flagship project in Kirkland Lake.   View Podcast Transcript for Northstar Gold Corp.

For a deep dive into any of the sled-friendly communities mentioned in the episode, click any of the links below:North BayTemagamiTemiskaming ShoresKirkland LakeBlack River-MathesonIroquois FallsInterviewed in this episode:Jennifer Bernardi, Club President of the North Bay SnowmobilersMark and Stephanie Wagner, long time local Temagami snowmobilersJames Franks, Economic Development Officer City of Temiskaming ShoresSean Mackey, President of M and M HospitalityMike “Gee-Mo”, President of the Golden Corridor Sno-DriftersRoger Gelinas at Rolly's Restaurant and Motel in RanmoreKeith Holmes and Carmen Girard, Directors for the Jack Pine Snowmobile ClubGaston Girrard, one of the Jack Pine groomer operatorsMentioned in this episode:OFSC TrailsRAN TourRAP TourWhiskeyjack Beer Company  

Mistango River Resources' flagship projects are located in Kirkland Lake, an established gold camp that has historically produced over 70 million ounces of gold.  The Kirkland West Project is a high-grade gold project beside Kirkland Lake Gold's world-class Macassa Gold Mine, one of the highest-grade mines in the world. The Omega Project is an advanced-stage project with ~600,000 ounces, along the Cadillac Break, 25km east of Macassa.  Together, these two properties have the potential to transform into another world-class mining camp in the Kirkland Lake District. 

Merry Christmas Everyone! In this special episode of the Playing FTSE show, Paul and the Steves discuss their festive plans, their favourite stories from this year, and some of the things that they got right and wrong. Find out Steve D's special plan for avoiding hosting Christmas, why Steve W is making travel plans, and which of us has a ridiculous amount of plates. Fear not, though, this isn't one of those cheap review shows with no original content. We've got a brand new festive-themed game called “The 12 Days of Brismas”. Designed by Steve W, this one is a laugh-a-minute as Paul and Steve D attempt to remember the names of obscure companies such as AT&T, Coca-Cola, and Starbucks. Next we move on to talk about our favourite stories of the year. Find out what Steve D's favourite way of describing an inability to sell stuff is, what Steve W identifies as the moment where the momentum came out of the SPAC movement, and what Paul's favourite Twitter feed is. We also talk about our hits and misses from the last year. Steve D talks about being wrong about bottomless money pit Kirkland Lake, Steve W recalls losing his mind and buying Coinbase, and Paul discusses his failing beach body. We finish off with some quick highlights from the year for us. We're a new podcast and we've been finding our way. It's been a great fun ride so far, we've had a lot of fun messing about, thinking about financial things and we're looking forward to more in the New Year. Have a wonderful Christmas everyone and we'll see you all on the other side with more games, more nonsense, more stocks, more learning, and more laughter.

December 6-12, 1971: Who's Jumping To The WHA? In this week's show, we find out that several NHL players, including some of the biggest names in the game, are receiving significant offers to jump to the WHA next season, even Gordie Howe's name is mentioned. We also hear that Tom Webster's hockey career might be in jeopardy because of that back injury, and the Northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake honours some of its native sons who have made their marks in the NHL. Support Dale Morrisey's “Being Leafs Nation” Documentary: https://indiegogo.com/projects/being-leafs-nation-a-film-in-three-periods Support hockey research and get exclusive BONUS podcast episodes! http://patreon.com/hockey50years Twitter: http://twitter.com/hockey50years Web: http://hockey50yearsago.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December 6-12, 1971: Who's Jumping To The WHA? In this week's show, we find out that several NHL players, including some of the biggest names in the game, are receiving significant offers to jump to the WHA next season, even Gordie Howe's name is mentioned. We also hear that Tom Webster's hockey career might be in jeopardy because of that back injury, and the Northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake honours some of its native sons who have made their marks in the NHL. Support Dale Morrisey's “Being Leafs Nation” Documentary: https://indiegogo.com/projects/being-leafs-nation-a-film-in-three-periods Support hockey research and get exclusive BONUS podcast episodes! http://patreon.com/hockey50years Twitter: http://twitter.com/hockey50years Web: http://hockey50yearsago.com

This week's episode features Agnico Eagle Mines' Q3 conference call with CEO Sean Boyd, who discusses the company's recent merger with Kirkland Lake Gold, which he describes as a “regional consolidation opportunity.” He also comments on record Q3 production, rising mining costs and the company's aggressive exploration strategy moving forward. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Third quarter 2021 earnings call for Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. For further information, please consult the company website at http://www.klgold.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tsx-quarterly/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

BEAUTIFUL BRUCE SWAYZE Bruce Swayze was born in 1940 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.  He began his professional wrestling journey under the tutelage of Famed Canadian Wrestling Coach Jack Wentworth at the age of 18 while still playing hockey and being groomed for a career on the Ice, but within very short order he would put away his hockey jersey, hang up his skates and look for a very colorful pair of rainbow wrestling tights to make his name and forge his way .. and so was born wrestling's newest "Beautiful One" Beautiful Bruce Swayze. Among the promotions he called home were CWA, IWA, NWF, IPW, WCW, BTW, GWA and USWA. Ladies and Gentlemen would you please welcome Beautiful Bruce Swayze. 

We have Kirkland Lake's acquisition decision to report today. We also have the latest round of drill results from Eloro Copper and Sokoman Minerals. And the latest corporate updates from Kingfisher, Meridian and Omai Gold. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Integra Resources is advancing the past-producing DeLamar Project in southwestern Idaho. The Company has continued to demonstrate resource growth and conversion through greenfield and brownfield exploration and plans on delivering a pre-feasibility study in Q4 2021 to further de-risk and advance the project towards permitting. Integra Resources trades on the TSX-V under ITR and the NYSE American under ITRG. Corvus Gold is a North American gold exploration and development company, focused on its near-term gold-silver mining projects in southwestern Nevada. The Company holds a commanding land position within the Bullfrog Mining District. Neighbouring, adjacent projects controlled by AngloGold Ashanti, Kinross Gold and Coeur Mining highlight this active District. The two 100% owned North Bullfrog & Mother Lode projects have a combined nearly 4-Million oz gold of in-pit resource and continues to grow with an on-going, successful, resource expansion drill program. Corvus trades on the TSX and the Nasdaq with the symbol KOR. Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Rio-2 is advancing the Fenix Gold Project in Chile, the largest undeveloped gold heap leach project in the Americas. Fenix consists of 5 million ounces in the measured and indicated resource category and 1.4 million ounces in the inferred resource category. With a robust PFS in place, Fenix is set up for fast-tracked construction and production. You can find a list of project and company information on their website, rio2.com.

Former Head of Mining & Metals at Desjardins, Bruno Kaiser, joins the podcast today to discuss the rumors floating about the gold mining sector regarding a failed attempt by Barrick to acquire Kirkland Lake. We discuss other potential suitors to a deal and how this has lit a new fire behind the gold mining sector.

Second quarter 2021 earnings call for Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. For further information, please consult the company website at http://www.klgold.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tsx-quarterly/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Elizabeth Kelly has been a real estate investor for 15 years, specializing in Buy, Rent and Hold, Rent to Own, and flipping strategies. She was a Rich Dad Elite trainer for 8 years, has been an Investment Coach for 4 years, and is an owner and/or manager of 400+ investment units. She is also a Member of the Executive Advisor Council for Ontario Landlords Watch. In this episode we discussed: * Kirkland Lake real estate investing * Property management * How to maintain ethics and integrity in the business * How new investors should start from the perspective of a coach * Advise on the challenges new investor's face * Why do people need a coach and much more! Follow Elizabeth Kelly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EKConsulting.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethkellyconsulting/ Follow Mayu on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/mayu.thava/ Follow Austin on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/austinyeh6/ Follow the RISE Network Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/risenetworkevent   Follow the RISE Network Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/risenetworkevent/  

One of the biggest questions in the “new normal” economy is how do you build a successful business during a global recession? In today's episode, you'll hear from Douglas Hurst. A person that knows all about building a successful company in a bad market! Doug is Chairman of Northern Vertex Mining Corp. He is also a lifelong miner who started his career as an exploration geologist. He eventually transitioned into working as a mining analyst, before becoming a notable mining entrepreneur and executive. There's no doubt that he truly enjoys the work he does and the career he has led.He is reluctant to say it, but he has created incredible value by developing and selling assets that would otherwise have stayed out of the limelight. As an example, he and a partner co-founded International Royalty Corp., which they later sold for over $700 million. This was followed by a leadership position in Newmarket Gold, where an acquisition of gold assets was later sold to Kirkland Lake for over $1 billion. As the chairman of Northern Vertex, Doug shares his experience and how it applies to the team and project he is working on now. He also talks about how they are following a similar playbook to past successes, the wild bull markets and devastating market crashes he has experienced in his 30-year career. Doug details this whole experience and how he has stuck with the industry through all its ups and downs. Tune in today to find out more!

Properties in smaller cities come with lower upfront costs while yielding high cap rates. Investing in smaller markets offers many benefits including the opportunity to be part of a close knit community and having direct impact on your surroundings. As an experienced investor for 15 years, Elizabeth Kelly has a passion for helping people achieve their financial dreams through real estate. Approaching 400 units, she has a full-time focus in property management and real estate investment in Kirkland Lake, bringing about a breadth of knowledge. In this episode you'll uncover: What to look for when assessing properties in smaller markets How to adjust your strategy according to the market you're in Secondary factors you need to consider when looking at buildings Three-tiered corporate structure Financing advice and turnover strategies Moving from gaining knowledge and taking action Benefits of investing in smaller markets   “Apartment building investing is a marathon, not a sprint”   Connect with our guest: Elizabeth Kelly - Sandstone Management Inc., Kirkland Lake Email: elizabeth@sandstonemanagement.ca Facebook: Elizabeth Kelly Facebook group: Canadian Real Estate Investing Mastermind    Connect with us: Mark Baltazar - Co-Founder, Peak Multifamily Investments Email: Mark@peakpropertyinvestments.ca  Instagram: @mark_baltazar  Facebook: Mark Baltazar Mike Rockall - Co-Founder, Peak Multifamily Investments Email: mike@rockallrealestate.ca  Instagram: @rockallrealestate   Peak Multifamily Investments Instagram: @PeakMultifamily Facebook: Apartment Building Investors Network   More Resources: Sign-up to stay up to date on the latest webinars, events, podcast episodes and other resources pertaining to multifamily investing in Canada and building generational wealth. Click here: http://bit.ly/peak-sign-up    FREE Access to Apartment Investing Webinars https://bit.ly/webinarreplays_peakmultifamily    Want a second opinion on a deal that you are analyzing. We can help! Sign-up for a live review of your deal to gain critical insights before you make an offer or decide to pursue a property.   Sign-up here: http://bit.ly/live-deal-coaching   Visit our website www.peakmultifamily.ca for more information about our investment strategy and other FREE resources to help guide you along your apartment building investment journey.

Here's What You'll Learn in our Interview with Elizabeth: Focusing on cash flow and optimizing your portfolio Passing on what we've learned to others Delegating tasks Going for quality, not quantity And much, much more! An experienced real estate investor for more than 15 years, Elizabeth Kelly has a passion for helping people achieve their financial dreams through the purchase of investment properties. Elizabeth specializes in the acquisition and management of Rent to Own and multi-unit residential properties. In 2010, she and her husband opened Sandstone Management, a full-service property management company. They are now the largest rental housing provider in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Elizabeth recently opened EK Consulting and Coaching to assist both new and experienced investors plan, structure and creatively finance their real estate portfolio so they can enjoy early retirement and leave a legacy for their families. Contact Elizabeth: Phone: 416-540-9210 Email: elizabeth@ekconsulting.ca FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000691163976

#NorthstarGold: A #Gold Explorer In The #KirklandLake Region With central banks buying the most gold since 1971, and global #negativeinterestrates leading even some of the most well known fund managers to start investing in gold, the prospects for a rally continue to shine. So if you believe the price of gold is going to rise, and you're looking for #goldminingstocks that can capture leverage to the move, today's video is a profile of Northstar Gold. A gold exploration and development company whose projects include the 100% owned Miller property. Which is in the same region as the legendary Kirkland Lake. In the interview, Northstar CEO #BrianFowler talks about how they just completed their IPO, have $2 million in the bank, no debt, and are about to commence a $1.1 million drilling program. That will include 3500 meters of drilling, and 25 holes. So to discover if Northstar Gold (#NSG on the CSE) might be a good fit for you, click to watch the video now! - To find out more about Northstar Gold go to: https://www.northstargoldmining.com/ - Interview by #ChrisMarcus of #ArcadiaEconomics on January 20, 2020: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/ - Click here to subscribe to Arcadia's Youtube channel: http://bit.ly/2t1HKOj - To pre-order Chris' upcoming book “#TheBigSilverShort” go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/the-big-silver-short/ - To contact Chris Marcus go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/getting-help/ - Follow Arcadia Economics on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArcadiaEconomic - Arcadia's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ArcadiaEconomics/Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

Ellis Reports from Mines and Money London. Ellis asks Sprott Global's Rick Rule about what he thinks it will take to move the needle with gold as well as a conversation about energy, specifically uranium, of which he is a proponent of. Daniel Major, CEO of Goviex Uranium is a mineral resource company focused on the exploration and development of its African uranium properties. Gordon Neal of New Pacific Metals will discuss their high grade silver project in Bolivia. Gerald Panneton, the Executive Chairman of TerraX Minerals discusses the acquisition of Detour Gold by Kirkland Lake. Victor Cantore, of AMEX Exploration, is exploring its 100 percent owned Perron Gold Project in Quebec, Canada. Brad Rourke, of Scottie Resources discusses the company's 100 percent interest in the high-grade, past-producing Scottie Gold Mine property located in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.

Join Ellis Martin for a conversation with Nav Dhaliwal the President and CEO of Gatling Exploration (OTC GATGF or TSX V GTR) Gatling Exploration is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on advancing the Larder Project, located in the prolific Abitibi greenstone belt in Northern Ontario. The Larder property hosts three high grade gold deposits along the Cadillac Larder Lake Break, 35 km east of Kirkland Lake. Robert Mintak, The CEO of Standard Lithium (TSX V:SLL or OTC STLHF) visits with us to discuss The LANXESS Lithium Project in South Arkansas. David Morgan of www.themorganreport.com points toward gold as the ultimate safe haven and the potential dramatic upside potential with gold stocks.

Welcome ladies and gentlemen investors across the greatest country in the world, this is the Truth About Real Estate Investing show for Canadians where it is my job to bring you experts in the world of investing so we may learn from their experience, so we too can duplicate their success, and inspire YOU to take action for an early and comfortable retirement.  Even better would be investments to pay for your children's education, down payments for their first homes, and to support your favourite charities.   This week we have an exceptional guest in Elizabeth Kelly who has been investing for over 12 years built a large portfolio of buy, rent and hold investment properties with her husband and co-founded a property management company based in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Elizabeth also runs a boutique Rent to Own company which specializes in providing home ownership options for families.    On the business side, Elizabeth coaches and trains investors and has done so for the last five years.  While doing so she noticed a service gap in the mortgage industry for real estate investors hence she obtained her mortgage license to specialize in helping investors plan, structure and creatively finance their real estate portfolio so they can enjoy their retirement and leave a legacy for their families.     To reach out and connect with Elizabeth: http://www.kirklandlakeapartments.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SandstoneKL/, https://www.facebook.com/Rent2HomeCanada/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-kelly-549b6b1b/