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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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Jan 29, 2024 • 8min
📈 Formula E — A different kind of EV race, The U.S. rolls back on LNG.
Formula E is driving EV innovations and gaining popularity with legacy automakers. The US is pausing approvals for new LNG export facilities, impacting the booming natural gas industry. US LNG export capacity is expected to double despite the pause, potentially affecting Europe.

Jan 26, 2024 • 8min
Pipeline nears opening 🛢️ — The Trans Mountain pipeline hits the home stretch. Canada adds India to election interference probe.
After hitting more speed bumps than a driver in a school zone and going so over budget that it would make the Olympics blush, the completion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline (TMP) is near.Canada’s relationship with India is getting icier than a car windshield post-snowstorm.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 25, 2024 • 9min
Rate cuts 📉 — BoC turns attention to rate cuts. Québec’s EV battery plant hits a speed bump.
The Bank of Canada’s path to its 2% inflation target seems to be getting a little clearer.Here’s a brain teaser for you. Why are multiple environmental and Indigenous groups rallying against a project that aims to be a key part of Canada’s net-zero transition?Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 23, 2024 • 9min
Student cap 👩🎓 — Feds call cap on international students. What’s going on at Gildan?
After months of pressure to crack down on colleges that have been accused of exploiting international students, Canada is capping study permits at 360,000 students this year.The company that supplies the T-shirts for your work functions is at the centre of a power struggle filled with almost as much corporate drama as a Succession episode.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 22, 2024 • 8min
Sports shakeup 🏈 — Stock surge could cushion broader downturn. Networks gear up for the live sports streaming era.
If we’re still in a “vibecession,” someone forgot to tell the stock market — over there, things are better than ever.As if supporting Canadian sports teams wasn’t hard enough on its own (please don’t talk to us about the Leafs), broadcasters could soon make it even tougher (and expensive) to tune in to games.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 19, 2024 • 9min
Future pharmacy 💊 — What is the future of Rexall? For our second story, Vision Pro ushers in a new era for Apple
Need a topic for small talk with your pharmacist when they’re refilling your prescription? This story has you covered.Looking to revive the buzz of the early iPhone days, Apple’s hoping its new US$3,499 mixed reality headset will do the trick.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 18, 2024 • 8min
Sandwich showdown 🍞— Sub wars come north. CEBA deadline looms.
If your usually chipper barista seems a little on edge, it might be because today is a very stressful day for many small businesses across the country.In a move that sounds like the plot of a Martin Scorsese mafia movie, U.S. sandwich chains Jersey Mike’s and Jimmy John’s are gearing up for a turf war north of the border.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 17, 2024 • 9min
Bigger King 👑 — Burger King gobbles up franchises. Canada’s sugar industry gets a sweetener.
Restaurant Brands International (RBI) — the very fake-sounding Canadian company that is the very real owner of Tim Hortons and Burger King — just ordered 1,000 juicy franchises.An up-and-coming company is giving ‘Big Sugar’ a run for its money with its newest Canadian expansion.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 16, 2024 • 8min
Broke university 👨🏫 — Can broke universities afford humanities? Alberta dips its toes into nuclear
Add ‘school potentially going bankrupt’ to the list of reasons we’re happy we’re not in college anymore, alongside gruelling mid-terms and questionable dining hall food.New year, new power source: Alberta is now dabbling in nuclear power.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

Jan 15, 2024 • 9min
Hard cap 👩🎓 — Feds ponder international student cap, Olympics get 0% beer sponsor.
The federal government will look at capping the number of international students admitted to Canada in the coming months, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told reporters, saying the system “has gotten out of control.”The world’s biggest brewer is hoping that their newest sponsorship deal will capture sports fans who may be considering extending their Dry January’s.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO


