In today's episode, we explore how AI-driven fear is reshaping markets in 2026, with commercial real estate and wealth management stocks taking major hits following new AI tool releases. We also examine Toronto's plan to upgrade its notoriously unreliable transit ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Plus Loblaw integrates ChatGPT for grocery ordering, Ottawa scraps its $250 million digital prescription system, Anthropic reaches a $380 billion valuation, eBay Live launches in Canada, and Ontario lifts its seven-year tuition freeze.

In today's episode, we explore Canada's historic step toward educational equity with the announcement of Inuit Nunangat University, set to open in Arviat, Nunavut by 2030. Then, we examine the uncertain future of CUSMA as President Trump privately weighs withdrawing from the trade agreement he once championed. Plus, we cover the latest developments in the BC mass shooting investigation, Ukraine's upcoming wartime elections, leadership turmoil at xAI, and more business headlines from Warner Bros., Kraft Heinz, and the U.S. job market.

In today's episode, we explore how Canadian startup Taiv is revolutionizing sports bar advertising with targeted commercials that replace live TV ads, raising $13 million USD at a nearly $100 million valuation. Then, we dive into a massive crypto mishap where South Korean exchange Bithumb accidentally gave away $42 billion worth of bitcoin in a promotion gone wrong. Plus, we cover PM Carney's discussions with President Trump about the Gordie Howe bridge dispute, Canada's continued F-35 purchases despite review, Paramount's sweetened Warner Bros. Discovery bid, and more Canadian business headlines.

In this episode, we dive into Ontario's sweeping police corruption probe following the arrest of seven Toronto officers on charges ranging from drug trafficking to leaking intel to organized crime. We also explore GM's risky bet on unproven lithium manganese-rich battery technology as it attempts to revive its struggling EV business. Plus, in our Big Picture segment: Carney and Ford discuss election strategy, Air Canada suspends Cuba flights amid a fuel crisis, Instagram tests a Snapchat competitor, and much more…

In this episode of Peak Daily, Jay Rosenthal flies solo to bring you the top stories in Canadian and global business. First, we dive into the Dzawada'enuxw First Nation's groundbreaking legal claim for nearly 650 hectares of private land in B.C., exploring what this means for property rights across Canada. Then, we examine Ottawa's efforts to attract Chinese automakers to set up manufacturing in Canada as a way to revitalize the struggling auto sector.

In our Big Picture segment: a Canadian fintech company faces investigation over millions in missing restaurant tips, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi achieves a historic election victory, China overturns a Canadian's death sentence, Ottawa lends Canada Post $1 billion to stay afloat, and gambling stocks take a hit despite Super Bowl betting.

All this and more in under 10 minutes on your Peak Daily for Monday, February 9, 2026.

Ottawa shakes up its electric vehicle strategy by bringing back EV rebates while ditching the 2035 sales mandate in favor of stricter emissions standards. We explore what this means for Canadian car buyers and the environment. Then, Spotify makes a surprising move into physical book sales, partnering with Bookshop.org to offer hardcovers and paperbacks alongside its growing audiobook business. Plus, we cover a major Toronto police corruption scandal, Y Combinator's policy reversal on Canadian startups, and why two major pension funds are looking to cash out of Britain's biggest port operator.

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The White House is suddenly preaching peachy collaboration with its allies.

The days may be short, the sidewalks in constant need of shovelling, but at least we finally have the Olympics to carry us through the rest of winter.

Execs from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery were in the hot seat yesterday, defending the proposed merger of the two companies in front of a U.S. Senate antitrust committee.

The promise of AI has become every C-suite’s favourite cost-cutting scapegoat.

Salt is famously the only rock we eat, but is it the only thing we can use to melt road ice?

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How many renminbi yuan is a Canadian dollar worth? Soon it may be useful to know that it is, at the moment, around five.