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Oct 29, 2024 • 9min

Sick day 🤒 — Doctors are sick of sick notes, Canada Post strike

The only people who hate sick notes more than under-the-weather employees? The family docs who have to sign them. Rain, hail, and sleet might not stop mail couriers from delivering letters, but a strike could.
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Oct 25, 2024 • 9min

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
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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
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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
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Oct 22, 2024 • 20min

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
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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
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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
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Oct 17, 2024 • 21min

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
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Oct 16, 2024 • 9min

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
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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

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