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- Goose Union 🦆 — Textbook makers are suing Shopify. The MLB is officially locked out. And some Canada Goose workers are unionizing.
Textbook publishers sued Shopify yesterday over the sale of pirated education materials. Major League Baseball is in a lockout after failing to agree on a new labour agreement. And Canada Goose workers in Winnipeg voted to unionize.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
9 min - Shaken/stirred 🍸 — The CRTC is trying to crackdown on phone scammers. General Fusion raised huge bucks. And Tiger attacks Klue.
Canada's telecom regulator said its introducing new tech to reduce spoofing. BC-based General Fusion, one of the world's leading nuclear fusion companies, raised US-$130 million. Vancouver-based Klue raised US-$62 million from investors, including Tiger Global.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
9 min - Giphy or jify 🥜 — Canada's GDP is up. UK regulators shut down Meta's acquisition of Giphy. Vancouver's Spare raised $18 million.
Canada's GDP grew at an annual rate of 5.4% last quarter. UK regulators are demading Facebook parent company Meta to sell Giphy. Vancouver-based software startup Spare raised $18 million to build out their micro-mobility software.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
8 min - Goodbye Jack 🐦 — Canada is teaming up with Mexico to fight unfair free trade rules. Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO of Twitter. And Nissan is getting serious about
Canada is teaming up with Mexico to challenge the U.S.' rules to determine where car parts are made. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down and appointing Parag Agarwal as his successor. And Nissan is launching a US-$18 billion electric vehicle initiative.
9 min - Omicron 🧬 — A new COVID variant of concern just dropped. Canada Goose is still under fire in China. Buy Now, Pay Later is taking off.
The word of the day is: Omicron. That's the name assigned by the World Health Organization to a new COVID "variant of concern." Canada Goose, the Toronto based premium winter jacket brand, was the number one trending topic on Chinese social media this week with posts about the brand garnering more than 240 million views. Customers are getting more comfortable with new buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions as vendors saw a huge spike in usage on Black Friday.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
9 min - Yelling timber 🪵 — The US is hiking tariffs. CP and CN restart operations. There's a million job vacancies in Canada.
The US is doubling duty rates on Canadian softwood lumber producers. Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have restarted operations in BC, but delays to shipments could last for months. Canada's labour market has over 1 million job vacancies as businesses struggle to scale up after COVID.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
8 min - On trial 👩⚖️ — Elizabeth Holmes testifies. The Bank of Canada has 'discovered' that investors are driving housing prices. And Mangrove Lithium is trying to make batteries cheaper to make.
Elizabeth Holmes testified yesterday during her trial. The Bank of Canada believes investors are adding to price gains in the housing market. Vancouver-based Mangrove Lithium raised $12.6 million from investors, including Bill Gates.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
9 min - Pipeline problems 🛢 — TC Energy is suing the U.S. Government. NASA and SpaceX are moving an astroid. Rhino raised big.
TC Energy Corp, the developer of the Keystone Pipeline XL, not to be confused with Keystone Pipeline Medium wants $15 billion from the U.S. government. NASA and SpaceX will try to redirect an asteroid tomorrow. Vancouver-based Rhino Ventures announced a new $120 million fund to invest in Canadian companies.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
9 min - Stoned 🪨 — Uber is getting into weed. Jerome Powell gets reappointed. And Rogers might sell the Blue Jays.
Uber Eats entered the cannabis market for the first time in its history in Ontario yesterday. The Biden administration nominated Fed chair Jerome Powell for a 2nd term. Rogers may sell part of its stake in the Toronto Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
9 min - Flying away 🛫— The BC floods are continuing to cause major problems. Air Canada is jumping off government subsidies. And athletes are concerned about Peng Shuai.
The aftermath of the worst flooding in decades in B.C. is causing major troubles across the province. Air Canada is spreading its wings to fly out of the government's nest once again, announcing Friday it won’t continue to draw on the fed’s airline bailout program. The Women's Tennis Association is threatening to pull out of China if missing tennis star Peng Shuai is not located.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
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