The Peak Daily

Justin Trudeau met yesterday with the nation’s premiers, offering them $196.1 billion in healthcare funding to put towards healthcare over the next decade, including $46.2 billion in completely new funding. In exchange, provinces and territories must improve how they collect and share health data and report on how they spend the money they receive.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) is trying to open up. But unlike your typical therapy session, it’s the Canadian public with the trust issues.

Tired of hearing about wind, solar, and hydrogen energy? You’re in luck. There’s a hot new renewable energy source on the scene that is literally so hot.

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Switzerland is going to have a referendum about whether the country should be allowed to go completely cashless.

As workers hang on to work-from-home for dear life, employers are turning to tracking software (aka bossware or tattleware) to ensure workers aren’t busy napping or doing laundry.

Tripadvisor took down the listing for Le Nouveau Duluth, the platform’s top-ranked Montréal restaurant, after a CBC investigation found that the eatery didn’t exist.

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The triple A of Big Tech—Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet—all dropped earnings reports for the final quarter of 2022, each with its own specific points of concern.

Arguing on social media: It’s not just for cranky relatives you only see once a year. Major Canadian grocery chains can get in on the fun, too.

Magic mushroom shops are springing up across the country, not unlike the spree of black market pot shops that populated urban areas in the runup to legalization in 2018.

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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani was the world’s third-richest person just a week ago. He’s now (as of writing) down at 17th place…

Grocery bills are set to get even higher as grocers begin to process a backlog of requests from suppliers to increase prices.

Tim Hortons has reached a half-baked settlement under some pretty stale privacy laws.

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Recent earnings reports give us a glimpse into how old-world social media platforms are adapting to a scary new world where ad revenue continues to fall.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A central bank chair walks into a conference hall and delivers an interest rate hike…

Inflation is coming down, and the reason may lie in what’s happening in housing.

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As Canada’s aviation industry continues to do damage control after a disastrous holiday season, one airline is looking to assert itself as a major player amidst the turmoil.

A rule change decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine in British Columbia this week, and the government will be watching carefully to see how it all plays out.

Toronto-Dominion Bank has sealed an exclusive advertising deal with the most popular immigration website you’ve never heard of.

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Think your Sunday Scaries are bad? Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa after a six-week winter break with enough on their plates to keep yours truly hiding in bed.

Now that artificial intelligence (AI) can pass MBA exams and create workout plans, investors just can’t pull out their chequebooks fast enough.

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It feels like we’ve suddenly been transported back to 2013, because everyone is talking about BuzzFeed. But the reason they’re talking about it is very 2023.

Remember last year, when we were all gleefully shaming Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner for their exorbitant flying habits? That was fun, right?

You may soon be able to get a lot more than a massage and 75% off your next physio appointment with your workplace health insurance.

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The country’s top court is deciding whether pretend people can help defend real crimes.

Canadian dealmaking fell ~40% in 2022 and is currently down ~50% from the same last year. Despite this, workers at the country’s top investment banks can sleep easy knowing their jobs are not in imminent danger.

The food industry wants to appeal to a growing number of “climatarians” and “regenivores”.

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$37 chicken, $14 yogurts, and $8 cabbage? Apparently, we haven’t seen the worst of it, as groceries are set to become even more expensive in the coming months.

Not to be outdone by Big Tech, the media sector is also battling a series of shocking layoffs.

Work From Home is definitely here to stay, but unfortunately, not for everyone.

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