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An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital and Israel said it was launching a new overnight wave of strikes on Iran, as the war engulfing the Middle East continued into Wednesday.

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it targeted northern Israel's Haifa naval base on Tuesday in response to the Israeli military's ongoing strikes against the Iran-back movement's strongholds in Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify in the congressional inquiry of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the chairman of the committee conducting the investigation said Tuesday.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday voiced her support for a proposal to make women's matches best-of-five sets during the later stages of Grand Slam tournaments.

With top players stranded in the Middle East by war and a tournament scrapped due to falling drone shrapnel, the glamorous globe-trotting world of tennis has not been spared the "brutal" reality of recent events, stars said at Indian Wells on Tuesday.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Global Education Communities Corp. ("GECC" or the "Company") (TSX:GEC)(OTCQB:GECSF) has completed the divestment of its remaining Canadian educational assets as of February 28, 2026. This final sale marks the Company's strategic evolution into a pure-play student housing developer and operator, centred on a project pipeline currently valued at approximately $674 million (based on construction budgets), in addition to eight operational properties across Metro Vancouver.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP) ("Pinetree" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025. All figures provided in this press release are in $000's except per share amounts and shares outstanding.

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Pacific Avenue Capital Partners ("Pacific Avenue"), a Los Angeles-headquartered private equity firm focused on complex corporate carve-outs and other operationally intensive situations in the middle market, today announced that an affiliate has completed the acquisition of Columbus McKinnon Corporation's ("Columbus McKinnon", NASDAQ:CMCO) U.S. based power chain hoist and chain business (the "Company"), including its associated international sales support functions.

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Stabilis Solutions, Inc., ("Stabilis" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:SLNG), a leading provider of clean fueling, production, storage, and last mile delivery solutions, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

LAFAYETTE, LA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company" or "Viemed") (NASDAQ:VMD), a national provider of technology-enabled, home-based healthcare solutions and chronic disease management, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program effective through March 2027.

LAFAYETTE, LA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company" or "Viemed") (NASDAQ:VMD), a national provider of technology-enabled, home-based healthcare solutions and chronic disease management, announced today that it has reported its financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2025, and issued its guidance for the full year ending December 31, 2026.

DAMASCUS, VA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Stuart Rush today announced its official launch as a standalone industrial manufacturing company following its divestiture from Columbus McKinnon.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Canada's rental housing market is undergoing a quiet but seismic transformation. Across the country's largest cities - Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Ottawa - a new asset class is emerging that is fundamentally changing how rental homes are designed, financed, and delivered: build-to-rent (BTR). Unlike traditional condominium projects where individual investors purchase units and lease them independently, build-to-rent developments are purpose-engineered from the ground up to serve long-term renters, owned and operated by a single institutional landlord. For Ladan Hosseinzadeh Sadeghi, President & CEO of Sky Property Group Inc., the rise of BTR represents one of the most significant structural shifts in Canadian real estate in a generation.

MONTRÉAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Foodtastic, one of Canada's largest and fastest-growing restaurant franchisors, announces it has selected Sadie AI as its preferred Voice AI platform, delivering an always-on, highly customized, customer-centric phone automation service to its 27 restaurant banners, including Milestones, Second Cup and Freshii.

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / BrYet US, Inc. ("BrYet") - a biotechnology innovator focused on developing curative therapies for advanced cancers - announced today that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead drug, ML-016. Upon approval, the IND will support the expansion of BrYet's ML-016 clinical program with additional trials in the United States.

Landmark Transaction Signals the Emergence of Digital Rights as a Recognized Component of Real Estate Ownership

RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / iAccess Alpha today announced that it will host its Virtual Best Ideas Spring Investment Conference on March 10-11, 2026, bringing together a curated group of public companies and investors for two days of focused company presentations and 1x1 meetings.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / ZEB Nickel Corp. (TSXV:ZBNI)(OTCQB:ZBNIF) ("Zeb" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that line preparation activities commenced on 2 March along the survey lines required for the planned ground-based geophysical programme at the Zeb Nickel Project.

The collaboration brings enterprise-grade stride80 time clocks to the Connecteam ecosystem, offering businesses a unified solution for high-accuracy attendance and real-time data sync.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSX-V:CTH)(OTCQB:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the accelerated expiry date of the common share purchase warrants ("Warrants") issued by the Company pursuant to the Listed Issuer Finance Exemption ("LIFE") Offering and Private Placement announced by the Company on May 20, 2025 and completed in tranches on June 18, July 3, July 16 and July 21, 2025 (together the "Financing").

Congressman Smith (R-NE) and Local Nebraska Officials Celebrate Inaugural Construction of NioCorp's Elk Creek Underground Mine Entrance in Southeast Nebraska

GUELPH, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Zentek Ltd. ("Zentek" or the "Company") (TSXV:ZEN)(NASDAQ:ZTEK) is pleased to announce the initiation of a pilot evaluation program with Quality Filters Inc. ("Quality"), a U.S.-based manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning ("HVAC") and industrial air filtration products, to assess the integration of Zentek's proprietary air filtration media technology into Quality's commercial product lines.

CLEVELAND, OHIO / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Formerra, LLC ("Formerra"), a leading distributor of engineered thermoplastic resins, additives, elastomers, and other specialty materials, today announced the appointment of Tom Kelly as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"). A seasoned executive with over 30 years of specialty and engineered materials experience, Tom is known for leading teams to drive differentiated growth and building high-performing organizations set up for long-term success. The former CEO, Cathy Dodd, will stay on as Special Advisor to the Board and will remain an investor in the Company.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Revival Gold Inc. (TSXV:RVG)(OTCQX:RVLGF) ("Revival Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the latest drilling results from the 2025 drilling program at the Company's Mercur Gold Project ("Mercur" or the "Project") located in Utah.

CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to report that two of the three holes planned for the 2026 diamond drilling program have been completed at the George Lake Project, northeast Saskatchewan. Both of the holes successfully intersected the George Lake Zn/Pb deposit horizon, with the deepest 2026 intersection to date approximately 208m vertically below the deepest historical intercept. Analytical results are pending for both holes. Preliminary interpretation of the 2026 drilling, along with historical results, indicates that mineralization remains open down-dip and along strike.

MARKHAM, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / iFabric Corp. ("iFabric" or the "Company") (TSX:IFA)(OTCQX:IFABF) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Intelligent Fabric Technologies (North America) Inc. ("IFTNA"), has secured a 1,000‑store expansion of Doctor's Choice® scrubs at a leading U.S. national big‑box retailer. This expansion significantly broadens in‑store access to Doctor's Choice® scrubs following the program's initial rollout, which began online and progressed into stores during late 2025.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Mako Mining Corp. ("Mako" or the "Company") (TSXV:MKO)(OTCQX:MAKOF) is pleased to announced that today Mako shareholders who were eligible to vote on the proposed acquisition of 100% of the membership interests of Mt. Hamilton LLC, the owner of the Mt. Hamilton project in Nevada, USA, from Sailfish Royalty Corp. ("Sailfish"), including the grant of the amended gold stream to Sailfish in consideration for the acquisition (the "Mt. Hamilton Acquisition"), overwhelmingly approved the Mt. Hamilton Acquisition.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on Wednesday for the rapid de-escalation of the conflict unleashed by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, urging all parties to respect the international rules of engagement.

New Zealand's All Blacks named Dave Rennie on Wednesday as head coach, replacing Scott Robertson who was sacked midway through a four-year contract.