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Apr 24, 2025 • 7min

Secret stash 🤫 —  Canada plays safe haven for Chinese goods, Tesla has an Elon Musk dilemma

Like squirrels storing nuts for the winter, Chinese e-commerce sellers are turning to Canada to hoard goods in response to frosty conditions.Tesla investors are hoping Elon Musk is finally giving his bureaucracy chainsaw a breather.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 23, 2025 • 8min

Not-the-best seller 📚- Amazon flooded with AI-generated politics books, B.C. foresees tourism boom.

Election AI slop isn’t just flying around on Facebook pages — it’s coming for your Kindles. Vancouver restaurants, Victoria breweries, and Tofino beaches might be a tad more crowded this summer. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 22, 2025 • 9min

Conclave incoming 👏 —  Who will be the next pope?, Buy Canada is tough for Big Tech.

Catholics — and fans of the Oscar-winning hit Conclave — are awaiting a big decision.When it comes to tech, breaking up with U.S. suppliers is hard to do.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 18, 2025 • 8min

Holy grail 🙌 —  Eli Lilly closes in on weight-loss pill, Strava acquires upstart competitor.

We are one big step closer to a weight-loss pill that actually works.Social media fitness app Strava isn’t able to give great workout advice - but that’s about to change.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 16, 2025 • 8min

Still for sale 🏘️ —  Home sales slow, Canadian pension funds turn on the US

Amid recession worries, a global trade war, and a softening job market, Canadians aren’t buying homes.Just like shoppers at the grocery store, Canada’s pension funds are feeling a little uneasy about buying American at the moment.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 15, 2025 • 8min

Breaking up is hard to do 💔 — Farmers have a weed problem, Meta changes relationship status

Farms around the world could lose their go-to weed-fighter any day now.Antitrust regulators want Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to block and unfollow each other.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3T
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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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