The Peak Daily
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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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Aug 27, 2025 • 9min
Build me up, buttercup 🌼 - Ottawa announces two new nation-building projects, Wages slow for job hoppers.
With the U.S. playing hard to get, Canada is laying the foundation to have a lot more Europe in its life.
The key to securing better pay might no longer be cavorting with LinkedIn headhunters, but hanging on to your current role for dear life instead.
Aug 15, 2025 • 8min
What’s in store? 🏬 - Simons expands its retail footprint, Meta chatbots have a safety problem
On the bloody retail battlefield, one of Canada's oldest family-owned businesses is fighting to be the last department store standing.
A new Reuters investigation has confirmed troubling details about how Meta has designed its AI chatbots to behave, particularly with minors.
Aug 14, 2025 • 10min
Hit the slopes 🎿 - Vail cuts prices for its ski passes, New Yorkers are returning to the office.
Skiing costs an arm and a leg, but after a season of slumping sales, Vail is willing to let customers keep at least one limb.
In a troubling sign for the remote work revolution, briefcase-carrying Manhattanites have fully returned to their natural habitat.
Aug 13, 2025 • 10min
Keep your shirt on 👕 - Canada looks northward for trade, AI legaltech is a booming business.
In a bid to take over dresser drawers across North America, one of Canada’s largest clothing brands is ready to cut a big cheque.
If you know a canola farmer, give them a hug today. They could really use it.
Aug 12, 2025 • 9min
Separate ways 💔 - Open Text fires its CEO, Senior housing demand is soaring.
Life comes at you fast. One day, you’re chatting with BNN Bloomberg about how swell your company is performing; the next, you’re in the unemployment line.
Senior housing has quietly become the hottest play in Canada’s real estate market, but for anyone who wants to actually live in one, the situation is looking a bit grim.
Aug 8, 2025 • 9min
Breaking the ice 🧊 - Canada looks northward for trade, AI legaltech is a booming business.
The polar bear capital of the world could very well be the answer to Canada’s trade woes.
An AI company is planting its flag in Canada with a mission to make lawyers’ workdays more efficient, giving them more time to save the world and chase ambulances — we kid, we kid
Aug 7, 2025 • 10min
AI North 🤖 - Cohere rolls out a homegrown AI agent, The U.S. pulls vaccine research funding.
Canada’s got a new homegrown AI tool that minds its own business… and yours.
The U.S. continues to stray farther away from the global health consensus.
Aug 6, 2025 • 10min
Dairy dumping 🐮 - Canada and U.S. dairy disputes escalate, Canada slips on generic drug approvals.
The newest wedge driving Canada and the U.S. apart? Skimmed milk powder, apparently.
Like a straight-A high schooler whose grades drop at university, Health Canada is struggling with an increased workload.
Jul 31, 2025 • 10min
15.6 billion hours ⏳ - People are using AI every day, Australia lifts longtime Canadian beef ban.
We now spend over 15 minutes a day using AI as our meal planner, personal assistant, and deeply unqualified therapist.
Canadian beef is back on the menu Down Under.
Jul 30, 2025 • 19min
Fees and bees 🐝 - DoorDash defends drip pricing, New study about bees causes big buzz.
DoorDash is fighting for its right to charge you $25 to have a $12 burger delivered to your door.
Newly published research has the beekeeping world abuzz — but not in a good way.
