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Fast Canadian business news. Get up-to-speed quick with a fun and smart breakdown of the three biggest Canadian and global business stories in less than 10 minutes.

  1. 12 FEB

    NHL goes global 🏒 — The NHL returns to the global stage. Airlines bet on summer in Canada.

    The NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament begins tonight, with Canada taking on Sweden at Montréal’s Bell Centre.  Canadian airlines are probably hoping that the “Buy Canadian” movement includes travel.

    7 min

  2. 11 FEB

    Deregulation 🤖 — Tariffs come for Canadian steel. AI shifts from regulation to innovation.

    Just when we thought we were safe, a fresh round of U.S. tariffs is on the way.  The third annual AI Action Summit wraps up today in Paris as global leaders and AI industry big-wigs chat about innovation over croissants and cafe au laits.

    7 min

  3. 5 FEB

    Buy Canadian 🇨🇦 — Savvy shoppers look for alternatives, Canadian tech startups grow up.

    From switching up groceries to relocating weddings, Canadians are looking to spend their cash outside of the U.S.  Like John Hughes in the ’80s, Canada’s tech industry is writing its own coming-of-age story.

    16 min

  4. 4 FEB

    Tariffs averted (for now) 🏭 — Tariffs delayed until March 1. Tims brings back classic Roll Up to Win cups.

    We have good news, and good-ish news: full-bodied California reds are back on LCBO shelves, and President Donald Trump will delay slapping tariffs on Canadian goods until at least March 1.  Later this month, Tim Hortons will bring back its iconic Roll up to Win cups after a years-long hiatus.

    6 min

  5. 28 JAN

    Down 16.86% 📉 — AI stock rally takes a turn. The ski business is on thin ice.

    A possible breakthrough in China could put an end to the AI stock rally that one U.S. analyst called “one of the greatest spending binges in human history.”  Vail Resorts, the owner of ski resorts including Whistler Blackcomb, is veering off-piste.  Plus an interview with Cisco and the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.

    25 min

  6. 24 JAN

    Postal dis-service 📬 — Canada has a drug problem. Canada Post needs a helping hand.

    Entrepreneurship in Canada is on the rise if you only look at organized crime. Canada Post projects it will lose $900 million this year, with losses expected to balloon to $1.7 billion by 2029. What’s a national postal service to do?

    5 min

  7. 22 JAN

    Dr. Internet 👩‍⚕️ — Public sector lay-offs are on their way. MEC is back on the market.

    The hammer is finally coming down on federal worker numbers, which ballooned by over 43% from 2015 to hit 367,772 last year. Retailers continue to struggle to offload extra inventory, but the outdoor industry has been especially hard hit.

    7 min

  8. 21 JAN

    Not today 💸 — Trump puts a pause on tariffs, Cricket goes mainstream in Canada.

    On his first day in office as U.S. president, Donald Trump signed ~200 actions, memos, and proclamations. The good news is a directive to ignite a trade war with Canada wasn’t one of them. The bad news is he says tariffs are coming, and soon. For a brief period after Confederation, cricket was Canada’s national sport. It likely won’t ever regain that status, but it is still on the come-up.

    6 min
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Fast Canadian business news. Get up-to-speed quick with a fun and smart breakdown of the three biggest Canadian and global business stories in less than 10 minutes.

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    The Peak / Curiouscast
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
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    754
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