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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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Mar 27, 2024 • 9min
Watch and learn 📺 — Spotify is offering video learning. Cocoa prices are going cuckoo.
Warning: the Easter Bunny might be dropping off fewer chocolate eggs than usual this year.There could be a new category for your Spotify Wrapped this year: number of new skills and concepts mastered.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 26, 2024 • 9min
Record breaking port 🚢 — The Port of Vancouver had a record-breaking year. Air passenger rights head to Supreme Court.
The Port of Vancouver: It’s huge, it’s salty, it’s not very efficient, and it can teach us a thing or two about the state of Canada’s economy.Canada’s top court is hearing a case about an oh-so-common travel nightmare: flight cancellations.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 25, 2024 • 8min
Light speed 🛫 — Trump’s trade tax. Supersonic travel could be back soon.
A drastic Donald Trump campaign promise has got the feds in a frenzy (and no, it’s not about building a really big border wall).We’re one step closer to being able to fly from Vancouver to Tokyo in 6 hours — barely enough time to get through two in-flight movies (or one recent Scorcese flick).Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 22, 2024 • 10min
Apply lawsuit 🍏 — Why most provinces are in debt, The U.S. is suing Apple again.
This budget season, provinces are primed to rack up more debt than us during the holidays.Apple just got thrown into a real-life game of Monopoly that it probably wants absolutely no part of.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 21, 2024 • 9min
Election reform 🗳️ — Election reform bill en route in Ottawa. Why the Kate Middleton conspiracies are so troubling.
Canadians who say they don’t have the time to vote on election day could soon be left looking for a new excuse.We tried to avoid this, we really did. But it’s gotten to the point that it can’t be ignored.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 20, 2024 • 9min
No more ice cream 🍦 — Trouble at Ben & Jerry’s, Canada’s cancer drug business.
Like a vanilla cone on a scorching July day, Unilever’s faith in its ice cream biz is melting.One of Canada’s top biotech prospects has been called up to the big leagues.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 19, 2024 • 9min
LinkedIn’s next play 🎮 — LinkedIn is getting into games. Selling energy to Germany.
Attention all you jobseekers and headhunters out there: invest in a headset, a gaming chair, and a whole bunch of Mountain Dew Code Red — because LinkedIn is for gamers now.Canada is buddying up with its pilsner-drinking, schnitzel-eating allies to kick-start a new clean energy trade market.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 18, 2024 • 9min
Measles is back 💉 — Canada’s got a measles problem, Boeing delays set to hurt travellers.
File this story under “diseases you thought you could stop worrying about”: Experts are worried that a recent surge in measles cases could soon get worse as kids return from the March break holidays.The odds that Boeing’s quality control issues will impact you directly — say, by a panel blowing off your plane mid-flight — are still low. The odds that they’ll impact you indirectly through pricier airfare, however, are quite high.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 15, 2024 • 8min
Athleisure 🏃 — Canadian diplomats evacuate Haiti. Do suits still suit Canada’s menswear sector?
As the situation worsens in Haiti, some Canadian diplomats are getting out.As ‘athleisure’ and ‘quiet luxury’ continue to dominate fashion trends, one Canadian menswear store that made its name with formalwear is trying to keep up with the times.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Mar 14, 2024 • 9min
Canadian pensions love India 🇮🇳 — Why pensions love India, Tax incentives for trades.
Canadian-Indian relations might be, shall we say, testy right now. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at the investments Canadian pension funds are making.While Alberta formally ended its “Alberta is Calling” advertising campaign last year meant to attract workers to the province, the province is still singing a siren’s song.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO


