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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. 5D AGO

    Staying put 🇨🇦  —  Canadians don’t want to fly to the U.S., Generic Ozempic is coming.

    Canadians who swore off U.S. travel in response to tariffs are evidently quite serious about their pledge, and airlines are starting to feel the impact. Drug makers like Aspen Pharmacare, Sandoz Group, and Hikma Pharmaceuticals are racing to put out cheaper, generic versions of popular drugs used for weight loss. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

    9 min

  2. MAR 5

    Retaliation 🥊  —  Canada responds to U.S. tariffs, Montréal looks to boost biotech biz.

    The federal government took the phrase “an eye for an eye” to heart, wasting no time responding to the U.S.’s 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% on Canadian energy. One of Canada’s biotech hot spots is hoping a shiny new research hub will help bring more of the [US$2.8 trillion](https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/canadas-biotech-reboot-how-to-keep-the-vital-life-sciences-sector-strong/#:~:text=Supported by a world-class,growing%2C high-value field.) global life science business to the city. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

    8 min

  3. FEB 12

    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

  4. FEB 11

    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

  5. FEB 5

    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

  6. FEB 4

    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

  7. JAN 28

    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

  8. JAN 24

    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
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