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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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Oct 25, 2024 • 8min
Doors Closed 🚪 — Ottawa slows its roll on immigration, Everybody wants to know about the weather
For the first time in over a decade, Ottawa is planning to reduce the number of new immigrants entering Canada.New numbers from The Weather Network confirm what we already knew to be true: everybody is obsessed with checking the weather.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 24, 2024 • 8min
Québec vs. Goldman ⚜️ — A fight over Northvolt money, The return of the house hippo.
Swedish EV battery maker Northvolt is — to use a highly technical financial term — in deep doo-doo.The federal government convened 200 leaders from the public and private sectors at Hotel Bonaventure in Montréal this month to share ideas on strengthening the country’s workforce.The friendly house hippo that taught Canadians not to trust everything they see on TV has found itself a new gig.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 23, 2024 • 8min
Deciding factor 🗳️ — Democrats campaign in Canada, Soccer fandom goes international.
With the U.S. presidential election less than two weeks away gulp, canvassers are busy going door-to-door to get the word out in… Windsor, Ontario?The Major League Soccer (MLS) playoffs kicked off last night, but the league was already popping champagne after notching the best regular season in its 27-year history.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 22, 2024 • 19min
Edible Content 🍗 — Restaurants get into streaming and digital duties.
There’s a (very slight) chance that the next series you binge will be a Chick-fil-A original.Canada is trying to bring the system responsible for collecting $40 billion a year in tax revenue into the 21st century, but a new digital portal is causing confusion for shippers.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 21, 2024 • 9min
Race day 🏃♀️ — Running boom and presidential predictions.
Marathons are becoming so popular that race bibs are starting to get resold like they’re Oasis reunion tour tickets.Opinion polls may show a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, but on upstart prediction markets, Trump has suddenly become a heavy favourite.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 18, 2024 • 8min
Out at sea 🌊 — BRP is letting its boat biz drift out to sea , Inuktut finds a home on Google Translate
The company behind Ski-Doo wants to burn more rubber, shred more pow, and ride fewer waves.The language spoken by over 39,000 Inuit people across Canada has been added to the world’s go-to translator.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 17, 2024 • 20min
Spilled Milk 🥛 — Canada is spilling billions of litres of milk, The feud over bike lanes heats up.
Canada has been wasting more milk than a toddler refusing to use their sippy cup.Ontario has a new idea to cut down on traffic in case plans to build the world's biggest highway tunnel don’t pan out.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 16, 2024 • 8min
House of The Rising Sphere 😀 — Spheres Spheres everywhere, investing is extremely online.
The Sphere, the 366-foot-tall domed venue in Las Vegas with an eye-catching LED exterior, is getting a sister locationA growing number of young folks are getting their investment advice from the same place they shop, date, and fawn over videos of baby hippos: the internet.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 15, 2024 • 9min
Mountain Views ⛰️ — Alberta’s plan to save the view, SpaceX catches a rocket
Alberta is hatching a plan to preserve their mountain views at the cost of renewable energy.SpaceX flexes it’s muscles, catching a rocket.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Oct 11, 2024 • 7min
Looking Up 🌌 — The northern lights economy is booming. TD hit with record money laundering penalty.
More people are trading in Disney World vacations and Caribbean cruises for a chance to see the dancing green and purple skies in some of Canada’s most remote communities. TD Bank Group is facing the largest money laundering penalty handed to a bank in U.S. history.