The Peak Daily

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May 15, 2025 Big spender 📈 NATO could boost defence spending target, Robinhood comes to Canada.
Canada’s uphill battle to meet NATO’s defence spending target looks like it's about to get a lot steeper.

Robinhood is looking to assemble a merry band of Canadian crypto traders.

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6 min
May 14, 2025 Meet the new cabinet 👋 - Mark Carney announces his cabinet, Canada’s EV ambitions sputter.
Mark Carney put his stamp on his new government with a cabinet made up mostly of new faces.
The wheels are starting to come off Canada’s $57 billion EV bet.
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8 min
May 09, 2025 Proper chuffed 😊 - The U.S. and the U.K. strike a tariff deal, Why you shouldn’t pay hackers.
In the strongest showing of American-British solidarity since the Spice Girls posed with the stars and stripes, the U.S. and the U.K. have squashed their burgeoning trade war.
Canadian school boards have learned the first lesson of cyber warfare: Never trust the word of a hacker that’s extorting you.
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7 min
May 07, 2025 When Carney met Trump 🤝 The PM visits the White House for talks, EB Games returns from the dead.
Only time will tell if today's meeting between Canada's PM and America's prez was the start of a beautiful friendship.

With record players, film cameras, and vintage video games all back in style, a struggling staple of Canadian malls is hoping that a dose of nostalgia can turn things around.

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7 min
May 06, 2025 Shot on location 🎥 - The U.S. could implement a movie tariff, A sneaky $9 billion sale.
Lights, camera… confusing tariff action!
On the precipice of an ugly boardroom battle, one of Canada’s largest retailers is trying to pull off an 11th-hour deal.
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15 min
May 02, 2025 New ownership 💲- Canada Tire could buy The Bay, Delivery gets autonomous.
Your dad’s favourite store is looking to scoop up the scraps of Canada’s oldest company.
Canada’s biggest city will be a testing ground for a new type of delivery driver.
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7 min
May 01, 2025 Wexit strategy 👋- Alberta flirts with separatism, Canadian deep-sea miner seeks approval
The separatist movement in Québec may be dying down, but in Alberta, the idea of a divorce from Canada is picking up steam.
A two-decade-old movie was the second-highest-grossing film in North America this past weekend.
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20 min
April 30, 2025 100 long days 💯 - Trump spats with Amazon at 100-day mark, Old movies do new business.
Yesterday marked President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office for his second term.
A two-decade-old movie was the second-highest-grossing film in North America this past weekend.
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7 min
April 29, 2025 Cheat at everything 🤞- Can AI really help you cheat at life?, Blackout in Europe
New AI tech promises to make acing interviews or closing sales calls easier. Unfortunately, that convenience may come at the cost of rotting your brain.
A massive power outage left much of Spain, as well as Portugal, cloaked in darkness.
7 min
April 24, 2025 Secret stash 🤫 — Canada plays safe haven for Chinese goods, Tesla has an Elon Musk dilemma
Like squirrels storing nuts for the winter, Chinese e-commerce sellers are turning to Canada to hoard goods in response to frosty conditions.

Tesla investors are hoping Elon Musk is finally giving his bureaucracy chainsaw a breather.

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7 min

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