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May 1, 2024 • 8min

Ready to roll  — Trans Mountain expansion opens, Businesses are jet-setting, Saying bye to coal.

For the last decade, the Trans Mountain pipeline has been like the kid that just keeps asking their parents for more money. Today, it finally has something to show for all that cash.After a three-year hiatus, business travellers are wiping the dust off their old carry-ons and saying sayonara to their home offices.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 30, 2024 • 24min

Fed-up grocers 🛒 — Fed-up shoppers plot Loblaw boycott. Feds impose new cap on foreign student work hours

For thousands of Canadians, their relationship with Loblaws has reached the breaking point.Many of us feel like we work too many hours, though almost none of us are told this by the federal government.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 29, 2024 • 19min

Prime time 🏀 — Amazon locks up NBA deal, the Yen keeps falling.

Amazon is spending billions of dollars to make sure fans have to get Prime to watch the Raptors lose.Now might be a good time to book that trip to Japan you’ve been dreaming of because your loonie is going to go a lot further than it used to.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 26, 2024 • 19min

Productivity problems 📉 — Honda’s $15 billion EV bet, The GDP per capita dips.

Like a rapper officially releasing a leaked diss track, Honda has dropped a long-awaited project that’s making waves throughout the industry.Even with AI tools, highly caffeinated beverages, and a roster of podcasts eager to tell us all how to work “smarter,” Canadians are in a bit of a productivity slump.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 25, 2024 • 9min

Healthy pop 🥤 — Indigenous investing rises, Healthy pop is popping off.

Just like a space probe hurtling through deep space, Indigenous investing is only going up.The way things are trending, a nice fizzy drink could soon replace your morning vitamins.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 24, 2024 • 8min

Grocers wanted 🛒 — Feds lure global grocers, A new inflation theory.

Things coming to Canada this year: Shake Shack, the Eras Tour, and… a unionized Amazon warehouse?A group of delegates will spend the week in the nation's capital comparing notes on why plastic is, in fact, not so fantastic.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 23, 2024 • 8min

Grocers wanted 🛒 — Feds lure global grocers, A new inflation theory.

Things coming to Canada this year: Shake Shack, the Eras Tour, and… a unionized Amazon warehouse?A group of delegates will spend the week in the nation's capital comparing notes on why plastic is, in fact, not so fantastic.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 22, 2024 • 8min

Tesla slashes prices in major markets. The world’s top-selling EV maker is again cutting prices on popular models by nearly US$2,000 in the U.S., China and Germany as it tries to keep pace in the accelerating EV price war.

Québec workers reject Airbus contract offer. The roughly 1,300 unionized workers at the Mirabel, Québec Airbus plant have rejected a third contract offer from the plane manufacturer, with almost 70% of members voting against the agreement. The Québec plant manufactures Airbus’ popular A220 passenger plane. (CTV News)China’s Canadian ambassador abruptly leaves post. Amid heightened tensions between the two countries, China’s ambassador to Canada left his diplomatic post after nearly five years on the job. Canada’s relationship with China has gotten rockier in recent years, particularly over accusations that Beijing meddled in the last two federal elections. (BNN Bloomberg)—LA
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Apr 19, 2024 • 9min

Mob ties 🚔 — The NHL is breaking records. Mob gets busted in Canada.

You think La Casa Nostra don’t have a piece of da pie in da Great White North? Ayyy, fuhgeddabouditThe only thing more impressive than the player's soon-to-be-grown playoff beards is the total at the bottom of the NHL balance sheet this year.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 18, 2024 • 9min

Retro kicks 👟 —  Raptors scandal highlights worries about sports betting. Retro sneakers are all the rage.

It’s a tough day for people who bet on themselves.Business at Adidas is booming this year. If you’re wondering why, just go for a walk around town and count how many pairs of Sambas you see walking the street.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

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