
The Peak Daily
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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Jun 13, 2024 • 8min
Peak oil 🛢️ — How to stop Chinese EVs. Stopping the Chinese EV takeover.
A new report paints a future where oil will be less like ‘black gold’ and more like ‘black tin’ — still valuable, but not that valuable.Western countries are taking the ‘if you can’t beat ’em, tax ’em’ approach to Chinese electric vehicle competition.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jun 12, 2024 • 7min
Banana energy 🍌 — Canada Growth Fund makes its next pick. IPO now stands for ‘I’d-rather-go Private, Okay’.
A Calgary-based company that promises to turn banana peels into electricity, is the latest name to sign a deal with Ottawa’s clean energy investment arm.Newcomers to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) are filing out like bar patrons after last call.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jun 7, 2024 • 8min
Hollywood treatment 🎥 — Amazon launches an NHL show. Regulators planning AI crackdown.
In the days leading up to the Stanley Cup Final, ****Prime Video has announced it’s launching a new NHL docuseries.With company values skyrocketing and their CEOs acting like rock stars, U.S. regulators are ready to rein in the AI giants.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jun 6, 2024 • 7min
Taking off 🚀– Boeing sends a capsule to space, Gordie Howe Bridge nears completion.
After years of hard work and numerous setbacks, Boeing has sent astronauts into space — and without any windshield cracks or doors blowing off.After nearly six years of construction, the biggest bridge to ever connect Canada and the U.S. is now just 11 metres away from completion.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jun 5, 2024 • 8min
Streamer tax 💵 – Interest rate decision day is here, Streamers ordered to fund Canadian content
Bank of Canada expected to cut policy rate, streamers ordered to fund Canadian content. Discussion on economic policy differences, Modi's election win, and tech funding news

Jun 4, 2024 • 7min
Second wind 💨– An Olympics competitor sprints to the front. A second wind for Canadian power.
In track and field, nothing inspires elite athletes more than the chance at eternal glory… though $150,000 could prove even more inspiring.Hydro-Québec should start calling itself Hydro-and-Wind-Québec — on account of all the dang windmills it’s planning to build.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

May 31, 2024 • 8min
Hanging up 📞 – **“Alberta is calling” may have backfired. Banks earnings season comes to a close.**
With the promise of cheap housing and good jobs filling subway and billboard ads across the country, herds of young people have moved to Alberta’s comparatively cheaper pastures.Canadian lenders are still feeling the effects of high interest rates on earnings, but more deal-making helped offset losses — even as the mean ol’ Bank of Canada waits to cut rates.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

May 29, 2024 • 8min
Movie hangover 🎥– Barbenheimer box office hangover, Windsor’s plan to save its downtown.
This past weekend, Canadian and U.S. box office numbers were down 40% compared to last year, after disappointing new releases by both Furiosa and Garfield. In fact, it was one of the weakest Memorial Day weekends seen at the movies since the early 1980s.As cities across Canada grapple with high office vacancy rates, Windsor has rolled out a $3.2 million plan to lure people back into its desolate business district.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

May 28, 2024 • 7min
Movie hangover 🎥– Barbenheimer box office hangover, Windsor’s plan to save its downtown.
This past weekend, Canadian and U.S. box office numbers were down 40% compared to last year, after disappointing new releases by both Furiosa and Garfield. In fact, it was one of the weakest Memorial Day weekends seen at the movies since the early 1980s.As cities across Canada grapple with high office vacancy rates, Windsor has rolled out a $3.2 million plan to lure people back into its desolate business district.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

May 24, 2024 • 6min
No baggage ✈️ – WestJet rolls out cheap seats, Shein and Temu imports are overwhelming.
Air travel is starting to feel more and more like building a Chipotle bowl: If you want the good stuff, it’s going to cost you.Online bargain bin giants like Shein and Temu have benefitted from long-standing tax breaks forgoing duties on foreign packages under a certain price threshold, but that might soon end.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO