The Peak Daily
The Peak / Curiouscast
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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Sep 5, 2025 • 9min
Protein Craze 🍗 - Starbucks gets in on the protein trend, Trade talks inch forward.
All those fitness influencers telling everyone to eat protein may have more influence than you think.
Sometimes even small things can feel like big victories…
Sep 4, 2025 • 10min
The slump continues 📉 - Canadian labour productivity falls, Top illegal sports streamer shut down.
If you thought Canada’s economy couldn’t get any worse, then you haven’t seen the latest labour productivity numbers.
The NFL season kicks off today with the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Dallas Cowboys.
Sep 3, 2025 • 9min
Divorce in aisle five 💔 - Kraft Heinz is breaking up, Ottawa calls on the CRA to shape up.
After 10 years together, the marriage of two snack food giants has gone bad, like a bottle of expired mayo, or a moldy bowl of KD.
Having trouble reaching someone at the CRA? The good (and bad) news is you’re not alone.
Aug 29, 2025 • 9min
Off the air 🔌 - Pulling the plug on Family Channel, The world just can’t quit coal.
The channel you likely watched High School Musical on for the first time will soon be gone.
Like Halloween’s Michael Myers, no matter what you do, coal just won’t go away.
Aug 28, 2025 • 9min
Tough talk 😠 - ChatGPT to bolster mental health safeguards, It’s a hot bank earnings season.
ChatGPT is being trained to get better at handling delicate mental health situations.
Some say summer is the best season. Others, winter. For Canadian bankers? This year, it’s earnings season
Aug 27, 2025 • 9min
Build me up, buttercup 🌼 - Ottawa announces two new nation-building projects, Wages slow for job hoppers.
With the U.S. playing hard to get, Canada is laying the foundation to have a lot more Europe in its life.
The key to securing better pay might no longer be cavorting with LinkedIn headhunters, but hanging on to your current role for dear life instead.
Aug 15, 2025 • 8min
What’s in store? 🏬 - Simons expands its retail footprint, Meta chatbots have a safety problem
On the bloody retail battlefield, one of Canada's oldest family-owned businesses is fighting to be the last department store standing.
A new Reuters investigation has confirmed troubling details about how Meta has designed its AI chatbots to behave, particularly with minors.
Aug 14, 2025 • 10min
Hit the slopes 🎿 - Vail cuts prices for its ski passes, New Yorkers are returning to the office.
Skiing costs an arm and a leg, but after a season of slumping sales, Vail is willing to let customers keep at least one limb.
In a troubling sign for the remote work revolution, briefcase-carrying Manhattanites have fully returned to their natural habitat.
Aug 13, 2025 • 10min
Keep your shirt on 👕 - Canada looks northward for trade, AI legaltech is a booming business.
In a bid to take over dresser drawers across North America, one of Canada’s largest clothing brands is ready to cut a big cheque.
If you know a canola farmer, give them a hug today. They could really use it.
Aug 12, 2025 • 9min
Separate ways 💔 - Open Text fires its CEO, Senior housing demand is soaring.
Life comes at you fast. One day, you’re chatting with BNN Bloomberg about how swell your company is performing; the next, you’re in the unemployment line.
Senior housing has quietly become the hottest play in Canada’s real estate market, but for anyone who wants to actually live in one, the situation is looking a bit grim.
