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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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    Hanging up 📞 – **“Alberta is calling” may have backfired. Banks earnings season comes to a close.**

    Hanging up 📞 – **“Alberta is calling” may have backfired. Banks earnings season comes to a close.**

    With the promise of cheap housing and good jobs filling subway and billboard ads across the country, herds of young people have moved to Alberta’s comparatively cheaper pastures.
    Canadian lenders are still feeling the effects of high interest rates on earnings, but more deal-making helped offset losses — even as the mean ol’ Bank of Canada waits to cut rates.
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    • 8 min
    Movie hangover 🎥– Barbenheimer box office hangover, Windsor’s plan to save its downtown.

    Movie hangover 🎥– Barbenheimer box office hangover, Windsor’s plan to save its downtown.

    This past weekend, Canadian and U.S. box office numbers were down 40% compared to last year, after disappointing new releases by both Furiosa and Garfield. In fact, it was one of the weakest Memorial Day weekends seen at the movies since the early 1980s.
    As cities across Canada grapple with high office vacancy rates, Windsor has rolled out a $3.2 million plan to lure people back into its desolate business district.
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    • 7 min
    Movie hangover 🎥– Barbenheimer box office hangover, Windsor’s plan to save its downtown.

    Movie hangover 🎥– Barbenheimer box office hangover, Windsor’s plan to save its downtown.

    This past weekend, Canadian and U.S. box office numbers were down 40% compared to last year, after disappointing new releases by both Furiosa and Garfield. In fact, it was one of the weakest Memorial Day weekends seen at the movies since the early 1980s.
    As cities across Canada grapple with high office vacancy rates, Windsor has rolled out a $3.2 million plan to lure people back into its desolate business district.
    Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

    • 7 min
    No baggage ✈️ – WestJet rolls out cheap seats, Shein and Temu imports are overwhelming.

    No baggage ✈️ – WestJet rolls out cheap seats, Shein and Temu imports are overwhelming.

    Air travel is starting to feel more and more like building a Chipotle bowl: If you want the good stuff, it’s going to cost you.
    Online bargain bin giants like Shein and Temu have benefitted from long-standing tax breaks forgoing duties on foreign packages under a certain price threshold, but that might soon end.
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    • 5 min
    Low risk 📊— Troubling times for Lululemon, Pension plans are lowering risk.

    Low risk 📊— Troubling times for Lululemon, Pension plans are lowering risk.

    Tariffs recently announced by the U.S. on a slew of Chinese imports have forced Canada to answer some tough questions about its climate plans.
    Western Canada has seen an early start to the wildfire season, but some new high-tech cameras are proving to be a powerful weapon for fighting the flames.
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    • 7 min
     Trade tribulations 🚙— Canada has a tariff dilemma. AI cameras notch assist in wildfire fight.

     Trade tribulations 🚙— Canada has a tariff dilemma. AI cameras notch assist in wildfire fight.

    Tariffs recently announced by the U.S. on a slew of Chinese imports have forced Canada to answer some tough questions about its climate plans.
    Western Canada has seen an early start to the wildfire season, but some new high-tech cameras are proving to be a powerful weapon for fighting the flames.
    Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
247 Ratings

247 Ratings

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Great Podcast

I love this podcast. Great content delivered in fun lighthearted manner.

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Keep 2 hosts!

I like this podcast because of the back and forth between the two hosts! Great job filling in Alex! They do cover key topics in a short time span which I like.

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Bad audio

Can’t stand the audio quality over the last couple months. Sound cuts out. Will unsubscribe from the pod until this is fixed.

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