The Peak Daily

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January 22 Pick me ✋- Submarine suitors woo Ottawa, Social media algorithms are going on trial.

Like the final two contestants on a Bachelorette season, Hanwha Ocean and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) are pulling out all the stops to win Ottawa’s affections.
The algorithms that keep us mindlessly scrolling for hours could soon be in legal peril.
10 min
January 21 RIP global order 🪦- Carney gives blunt speech at Davos, Heated Rivalry heats up NHL ticket sales.
We’re guessing it was a pretty awkward afternoon at Davos for the White House delegation.
Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov aren’t real-life hockey players, but the protagonists of the hit Canadian gay hockey romance might just be the NHL’s biggest draws.
9 min
January 20 Cold hard cash 🏦- Arctic defence startup nets big funding round, Speeding up drug approval times.
With anxiety over Arctic sovereignty at an all-time high, a Canadian startup is pitching itself as Ottawa’s solution.
Like a student who’s behind on their readings, Health Canada is looking to copy some homework off of friends.
8 min
January 19 Rising tensions 🎢- Trump sets his sights on Canada, Surgeons start working remotely
Like a nasty gossip, it’s basically never good news when the U.S. president starts bringing you up in conversations.
Remote work has evolved from answering Slack messages in your sweatpants to conducting brain surgeries on a patient 500 kilometres away.
8 min
January 16 Closing the book 📖 - B.C. ends its drug decriminalization experiment, Another sports betting scandal.
B.C. is closing the book on its experiment with drug decriminalization.

We hate to say it, but all of those “crazy” sports fans complaining about the games being rigged might not have been so crazy after all.
9 min
January 15 Alright, alright, alright 🤙 - François Legault resigns as premier, Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself.
Quebec’s premier is bidding adieu to the Hôtel du Parlement.
Matthew McConaughey has had enough, enough, enough with the AI deepfakes.
9 min
January 14 The McVibes are off 🍟 - McDonald’s cuts meal deal prices, Meta’s smart glasses are a certified hit.
It looks like McDonald’s has seen all the posts about how fast food prices are too damn high.
After losing tens of billions of dollars making clunky VR headsets that nobody wanted, Meta has finally built a winning product.
9 min
January 13 Winging it ✈️ - Airlines avoid new fee for passenger complaints, Nvidia gets into gene editing.
Getting compensated for your delayed flight from two years ago isn’t getting any easier.
Recent Grok-y headlines have been upsetting, so here’s some good AI news.
10 min
January 12 Down round 📈 - Canadian VC struggles, Kepler launches satellite network
Consider taking a moment today to check in on any venture capitalists in your life, because (in Canada, at least) there’s a good chance they just went through a rough year.
It may sound like the log line for a low-budget sci-fi movie, but a Canadian company just launched a bunch of high-tech lasers into space.
7 min
January 09 📈 Avert your eyes kids
Rogers is worried about kids’ screen time and cottage cheese is having a moment. Plus, a new underwater cable is on the way connecting an Ontario power plant to Toronto.

7 min

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