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The Peak / Curiouscast
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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Feb 20, 2024 • 8min
Hat trick 🏒 — Women’s hockey breaks records, Maple Syrup bounces back.
Less than two months after hitting the ice, North America’s new pro women’s hockey league is already breaking records.Unseasonably warm weather isn’t just giving us a headstart on patio season, it's giving our prized maple syrup businesses a head start on their harvest.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 16, 2024 • 9min
Defence dollars 💸 — NATO nations are spending, Waymo pulls driverless cars.
While most of us are trying to save up these days, NATO nations are spending on defence like a rich kid who got their hands on their father’s credit card.You think you had a rough week? Waymo had one of its cars literally set on fire in the middle of San Fransisco — and that’s not even their biggest problem.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 15, 2024 • 9min
Roblaw$ 🛒— T-Shirt dispute, Alberta’s booming honey industry.
The Loblaw corporation has previously beefed with Frito-Lay and other smaller suppliers. Now, it’s in a spat with a guy making novelty T-shirts.Like when Jerry Seinfeld’s beloved Bee Movie character Barry B. Benson finally settled down with a nice florist, Canadian honeybees have found themselves a loving home.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 14, 2024 • 9min
Not guilty 👩⚖️— Canada’s short on judges, The cost of the World Cup.
Housing isn’t the only shortage facing the federal government these days: It turns out there are about as many judges in Canada as there are apartments for under $1,500.Like us after putting down a non-refundable deposit to book the perfect venue for a birthday party, Vancouver and Toronto are hoping that playing host will be worth it.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 13, 2024 • 9min
Catalogue for sale 🎶 — Biden joins TikTok, Investors flock to music catalogues.
It wasn’t too long ago we were writing regularly about plans by U.S. lawmakers to ban TikTok. It now seems like those plans have taken a backseat to politics.The competition might’ve been tough for the King of Pop’s music library, but Sony and its big chequebook told the other investors to beat it.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 12, 2024 • 8min
AI Spy 🕵️♀️ — Bosses turn to AI to spy on workers, Investors flock to psychedelics.
Think twice before sending that disparaging Slack message about your manager. Someone—or rather, something—could be watching.As they did with shirtless hippies in the ’60s, psychedelic drugs are having a moment—but this time around, it’s investors (with their shirts very much on) swooning over ‘shrooms.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 9, 2024 • 8min
Bowl-o-rama 🎳 — Bowling is booming in Canada, Google’s got a new chatbot.
At the height of the pandemic, nothing could be more frightening than repeatedly touching a germ-infested item hundreds of other strangers had handled. Now, we can’t get enough of it!Now that Google and the federal government have squashed their beef over paying news publishers, the search giant is giving Canadians access to its shiny new chatbot.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 8, 2024 • 9min
Skating by taxes ⛸️ — Leafs captain takes on fight against CRA. Canadian miners look for help.
Professional athletes, they’re just like you and me: They eat, they sleep, and they hate paying taxes.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 7, 2024 • 9min
WeWork back 🏢 — WeWork has a familiar buyer. AI content on Meta.
In what could be the most shocking reunion since Ben Affleck and J-Lo, WeWork co-founder and ex-CEO Adam Neumann has sent the proverbial “u up?” text to his old business.With AI deepfakes becoming more common on Facebook than old high school classmates promoting their multi-level marketing schemes, Meta has decided it’s time to step in.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Feb 6, 2024 • 9min
Investors love Meta again 📱 — Spotify shakes things up. Meta is back.
Everyone you know under the age of 40 may have logged off Facebook years ago, but that’s not doing anything to slow down parent company Meta’s surging stock.Done with the days of throwing millions at anyone with a microphone and a few Instagram followers, Spotify is taking a new approach to its podcast business.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO