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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May 22, 2025 • 7min
Temu tariff 💰 - G7 countries tackle cheap Chinese products, Ostriches stir controversy in B.C.
Chronic online shoppers, beware: your budget hauls could get a lot more expensive.
The fate of 300-odd ostriches in B.C. has become a cause célèbre for animal rights activists
May 21, 2025 • 7min
No- job summer 🙅♂️ - Young Canadians can’t find summer jobs, D-Wave Quantum pops off.
Welcome to the unofficial Canadian summer job program. The first (and only) step: getting ghosted by every prospective employer.
A B.C.-founded company was one of the stock market’s biggest winners yesterday as it promises to do the near-impossible: deliver non-hypothetical uses for quantum computing.
May 20, 2025 • 7min
You’ve got mail 📬 - Canada Post may end daily delivery, Armed Forces are losing recruits
Canada Post looks like it's entering its angsty teen phase: confused, broke, and in the middle of a serious identity crisis.
Not only is Canada’s Armed Forces struggling to get recruits in the door, but many of those who do give military life a whirl are deciding it’s not for them.
May 16, 2025 • 7min
Tuning in 📻 - Cancon could get a new definition, B.C. First Nations scoop up pipeline stake
What makes a TV show Canadian? Answering that is more confusing than you might think.
What do you get when you mix natural gas, Indigenous equity, and a $400 million loan guarantee? A surprisingly feel-good pipeline story.
May 15, 2025 • 6min
Big spender 📈 NATO could boost defence spending target, Robinhood comes to Canada.
Canada’s uphill battle to meet NATO’s defence spending target looks like it's about to get a lot steeper.
Robinhood is looking to assemble a merry band of Canadian crypto traders.
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May 14, 2025 • 8min
Meet the new cabinet 👋 - Mark Carney announces his cabinet, Canada’s EV ambitions sputter.
Mark Carney put his stamp on his new government with a cabinet made up mostly of new faces.
The wheels are starting to come off Canada’s $57 billion EV bet.
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May 9, 2025 • 7min
Proper chuffed 😊 - The U.S. and the U.K. strike a tariff deal, Why you shouldn’t pay hackers.
In the strongest showing of American-British solidarity since the Spice Girls posed with the stars and stripes, the U.S. and the U.K. have squashed their burgeoning trade war.
Canadian school boards have learned the first lesson of cyber warfare: Never trust the word of a hacker that’s extorting you.
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May 7, 2025 • 7min
When Carney met Trump 🤝 The PM visits the White House for talks, EB Games returns from the dead.
Only time will tell if today's meeting between Canada's PM and America's prez was the start of a beautiful friendship.
With record players, film cameras, and vintage video games all back in style, a struggling staple of Canadian malls is hoping that a dose of nostalgia can turn things around.
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May 6, 2025 • 14min
Shot on location 🎥 - The U.S. could implement a movie tariff, A sneaky $9 billion sale.
Lights, camera… confusing tariff action!
On the precipice of an ugly boardroom battle, one of Canada’s largest retailers is trying to pull off an 11th-hour deal.
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May 2, 2025 • 7min
New ownership 💲- Canada Tire could buy The Bay, Delivery gets autonomous.
Your dad’s favourite store is looking to scoop up the scraps of Canada’s oldest company.
Canada’s biggest city will be a testing ground for a new type of delivery driver.
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