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Apr 2, 2025 • 8min

Liberation Day 🇺🇸  —  The world prepares for Trump’s tariffs. Rogers is all in on sports.

“Liberation Day” is here — we wish you could see how hard we just rolled our eyes — with the U.S. ready to enact sweeping tariffs.Rogers will spend $11 billion to hold onto one of the country’s most cherished pastimes: watching hockey.
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Mar 26, 2025 • 7min

Zombie brands 🧟‍♀️  —  Napster sale is a blast from the past, AI flexes its medical talents.

In our best Milhouse from The Simpsons voice Remember Napster? It’s back! In metaverse form.It may not have a lab coat or indecipherable handwriting, but AI is starting to make waves in the healthcare space.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Mar 25, 2025 • 7min

100% bankrupt 💵 — Canada won’t be let off the tariff hook, 23andMe files for bankruptcy.

The game plan for what U.S. President Donald Trump has dubbed “Liberation Day” is being flipped on its head. The maker of 2017’s hottest holiday gift is in dire straits. 
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Mar 24, 2025 • 5min

The race is on 🗳️ — Carney calls an election, WestJet searches for pilots.

The campaign to determine who will form the next government (and whether poor Charles Tupper will lose his spot as Canada’s shortest-tenured Prime Minister) is officially on.You can add pilots to the list of national shortages Canada needs to solve.
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Mar 12, 2025 • 9min

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
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Mar 5, 2025 • 8min

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
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Feb 12, 2025 • 7min

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. 
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Feb 11, 2025 • 7min

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.  
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Feb 5, 2025 • 16min

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. 
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Feb 4, 2025 • 6min

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. 

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