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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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May 23, 2024 • 8min

Low risk 📊— Troubling times for Lululemon, Pension plans are lowering risk.

Tariffs recently announced by the U.S. on a slew of Chinese imports have forced Canada to answer some tough questions about its climate plans.Western Canada has seen an early start to the wildfire season, but some new high-tech cameras are proving to be a powerful weapon for fighting the flames.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 22, 2024 • 8min

 Trade tribulations 🚙— Canada has a tariff dilemma. AI cameras notch assist in wildfire fight.

Tariffs recently announced by the U.S. on a slew of Chinese imports have forced Canada to answer some tough questions about its climate plans.Western Canada has seen an early start to the wildfire season, but some new high-tech cameras are proving to be a powerful weapon for fighting the flames.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 17, 2024 • 9min

 Up in flames 🔥 — Phoenix is burning cash, Via Rail ridership is up.

Jumping on the train might seem like a nice alternative to a traffic jam… until you realize your train is also sitting in a traffic jam.Unlike the mythological bird of the same name, the federal government’s Phoenix payroll system is not going to rise from the ashes.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

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