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May 9, 2024 • 8min

Lethal lemonades 🍋 — B.C. re-criminalizes public drug use. Canadian cities tease car-free summer.

Don’t do illicit drugs in public in B.C. It’s, once again, illegal. And also, ya know, dangerous.Once crowned the world’s coolest street, a bustling stretch of Montreal’s Wellington Street will be off-limits to cars this summer.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 8, 2024 • 8min

Fired up 🔥— Northvolt protests get extreme, Intact is fireproofing homes.

If you’re having a bad start to the work day, at least be grateful you don’t have to deal with Molotov cocktails at the workplace.Intact, a property insurer, is launching a pilot program to reduce wildfire the damage to homes in Western Canada this year.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 7, 2024 • 9min

Dirty laundry 🧺 — Wegovy comes to Canada, TD embroiled in U.S. investigation

After filling doctors' prescription pads in the U.S., Wegovy is taking its talents north of the border.For well over a year, Bay Street wondered what TD had done to find itself at the heart of a U.S. money laundering probe. After a long, mysterious wait, we’ve got some answers.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 2, 2024 • 8min

Don’t snooze on cruises 🚢 — Ontario tries to bolster the trades, Cruise IPO sets sail, Houthis expand attacks.

Ontario is hoping the promise of less time sitting in the classroom will convince more students to swap their notebooks for hard hats.As post-IPO performances from shoe brands and vanity social media platforms disappoint, investors are looking to the Seven Seas for new buys.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 1, 2024 • 8min

Ready to roll  — Trans Mountain expansion opens, Businesses are jet-setting, Saying bye to coal.

For the last decade, the Trans Mountain pipeline has been like the kid that just keeps asking their parents for more money. Today, it finally has something to show for all that cash.After a three-year hiatus, business travellers are wiping the dust off their old carry-ons and saying sayonara to their home offices.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 30, 2024 • 24min

Fed-up grocers 🛒 — Fed-up shoppers plot Loblaw boycott. Feds impose new cap on foreign student work hours

For thousands of Canadians, their relationship with Loblaws has reached the breaking point.Many of us feel like we work too many hours, though almost none of us are told this by the federal government.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 29, 2024 • 19min

Prime time 🏀 — Amazon locks up NBA deal, the Yen keeps falling.

Amazon is spending billions of dollars to make sure fans have to get Prime to watch the Raptors lose.Now might be a good time to book that trip to Japan you’ve been dreaming of because your loonie is going to go a lot further than it used to.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 26, 2024 • 19min

Productivity problems 📉 — Honda’s $15 billion EV bet, The GDP per capita dips.

Like a rapper officially releasing a leaked diss track, Honda has dropped a long-awaited project that’s making waves throughout the industry.Even with AI tools, highly caffeinated beverages, and a roster of podcasts eager to tell us all how to work “smarter,” Canadians are in a bit of a productivity slump.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 25, 2024 • 9min

Healthy pop 🥤 — Indigenous investing rises, Healthy pop is popping off.

Just like a space probe hurtling through deep space, Indigenous investing is only going up.The way things are trending, a nice fizzy drink could soon replace your morning vitamins.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Apr 24, 2024 • 8min

Grocers wanted 🛒 — Feds lure global grocers, A new inflation theory.

Things coming to Canada this year: Shake Shack, the Eras Tour, and… a unionized Amazon warehouse?A group of delegates will spend the week in the nation's capital comparing notes on why plastic is, in fact, not so fantastic.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

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