The Peak Daily

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April 24, 2024 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.
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7 min
April 23, 2024 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.
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7 min
April 22, 2024 Tesla slashes prices in major markets. The world’s top-selling EV maker is again cutting prices on popular models by nearly US$2,000 in the U.S., China and Germany as it tries to keep pace in the accelerating EV price war.
Québec workers reject Airbus contract offer. The roughly 1,300 unionized workers at the Mirabel, Québec Airbus plant have rejected a third contract offer from the plane manufacturer, with almost 70% of members voting against the agreement. The Québec plant manufactures Airbus’ popular A220 passenger plane. (CTV News)
China’s Canadian ambassador abruptly leaves post. Amid heightened tensions between the two countries, China’s ambassador to Canada left his diplomatic post after nearly five years on the job. Canada’s relationship with China has gotten rockier in recent years, particularly over accusations that Beijing meddled in the last two federal elections. (BNN Bloomberg)—LA
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April 19, 2024 Mob ties 🚔 — The NHL is breaking records. Mob gets busted in Canada.
You think La Casa Nostra don’t have a piece of da pie in da Great White North? Ayyy, fuhgeddaboudit
The only thing more impressive than the player's soon-to-be-grown playoff beards is the total at the bottom of the NHL balance sheet this year.
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April 18, 2024 Retro kicks 👟 — Raptors scandal highlights worries about sports betting. Retro sneakers are all the rage.
It’s a tough day for people who bet on themselves.
Business at Adidas is booming this year. If you’re wondering why, just go for a walk around town and count how many pairs of Sambas you see walking the street.
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April 17, 2024 Wealth tax 📈 — Tim Horton’s gets into pizza. Feds announce new tax rate.
With so many plans already announced, we were left wondering what the feds would actually unveil at this year’s budget meeting. The answer? A tax to pay for all those plans.
Canadians' favourite spot for a double-double and an Old Fashioned glazed donut is trying its hand at a new endeavour: pizza.
Driving
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April 16, 2024 Budget day 💸 — Happy Budget Day, one and all. Canada says 'bienvenue' to Francophone immigrants.
It’s Budget Day 2024, and the theme for this year is "generational fairness.” While that’s not as exciting a theme as “year of efficiency” or “murder mystery,” it does sound like a nice idea.
Everybody knows that Canada needs more healthcare workers, more homebuilders, and… more French speakers?
Driving
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April 15, 2024 Self-driving sale 🚗 — Middle East conflict ratchets up with Iran attack. Tesla slashes prices for self-driving software.
Violence in the Middle East escalated over the weekend with an Iranian attack on Israel.
Tesla is hoping that a good old-fashioned sale will get more customers to buy into the whole self-driving car thing.
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6 min
April 12, 2024 Stadium revamp 🏟️ — **The government has been using AI… a lot. Rogers Centre gets revamped.**
Much like a lazy student tired of writing essays, the federal government loves using AI.
The Jays might have a losing record right now, but their stadium is turning into a real winner.
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April 11, 2024 Lies and statistics 📊 — Track and field to pay its Olympic gold medallists. Canada almost as unequal as U.S. when it comes to wealth
New hardest way to earn 50 grand just dropped: winning the Olympic 400-metre hurdles.
When it comes to inequality, Canada may not be so different from our southern neighbours after all.
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18 min

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