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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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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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May 1, 2025 • 20min
Wexit strategy 👋- Alberta flirts with separatism, Canadian deep-sea miner seeks approval
The separatist movement in Québec may be dying down, but in Alberta, the idea of a divorce from Canada is picking up steam.
A two-decade-old movie was the second-highest-grossing film in North America this past weekend.
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Apr 30, 2025 • 7min
100 long days 💯 - Trump spats with Amazon at 100-day mark, Old movies do new business.
Yesterday marked President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office for his second term.
A two-decade-old movie was the second-highest-grossing film in North America this past weekend.
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Apr 29, 2025 • 7min
Cheat at everything 🤞- Can AI really help you cheat at life?, Blackout in Europe
New AI tech promises to make acing interviews or closing sales calls easier. Unfortunately, that convenience may come at the cost of rotting your brain.
A massive power outage left much of Spain, as well as Portugal, cloaked in darkness.