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Fast Canadian business news. Get up-to-speed quick with a fun and smart breakdown of the three biggest Canadian and global business stories in less than 10 minutes.
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In today's episode, we explore how AI-driven fear is reshaping markets in 2026, with commercial real estate and wealth management stocks taking major hits following new AI tool releases. We also examine Toronto's plan to upgrade its notoriously unreliable transit ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Plus Loblaw integrates ChatGPT for grocery ordering, Ottawa scraps its $250 million digital prescription system, Anthropic reaches a $380 billion valuation, eBay Live launches in Canada, and Ontario lifts its seven-year tuition freeze.
In today's episode, we explore Canada's historic step toward educational equity with the announcement of Inuit Nunangat University, set to open in Arviat, Nunavut by 2030. Then, we examine the uncertain future of CUSMA as President Trump privately weighs withdrawing from the trade agreement he once championed. Plus, we cover the latest developments in the BC mass shooting investigation, Ukraine's upcoming wartime elections, leadership turmoil at xAI, and more business headlines from Warner Bros., Kraft Heinz, and the U.S. job market.
In today's episode, we explore how Canadian startup Taiv is revolutionizing sports bar advertising with targeted commercials that replace live TV ads, raising $13 million USD at a nearly $100 million valuation. Then, we dive into a massive crypto mishap where South Korean exchange Bithumb accidentally gave away $42 billion worth of bitcoin in a promotion gone wrong. Plus, we cover PM Carney's discussions with President Trump about the Gordie Howe bridge dispute, Canada's continued F-35 purchases despite review, Paramount's sweetened Warner Bros. Discovery bid, and more Canadian business headlines.
In this episode, we dive into Ontario's sweeping police corruption probe following the arrest of seven Toronto officers on charges ranging from drug trafficking to leaking intel to organized crime. We also explore GM's risky bet on unproven lithium manganese-rich battery technology as it attempts to revive its struggling EV business. Plus, in our Big Picture segment: Carney and Ford discuss election strategy, Air Canada suspends Cuba flights amid a fuel crisis, Instagram tests a Snapchat competitor, and much more…
In this episode of Peak Daily, Jay Rosenthal flies solo to bring you the top stories in Canadian and global business. First, we dive into the Dzawada'enuxw First Nation's groundbreaking legal claim for nearly 650 hectares of private land in B.C., exploring what this means for property rights across Canada. Then, we examine Ottawa's efforts to attract Chinese automakers to set up manufacturing in Canada as a way to revitalize the struggling auto sector.
In our Big Picture segment: a Canadian fintech company faces investigation over millions in missing restaurant tips, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi achieves a historic election victory, China overturns a Canadian's death sentence, Ottawa lends Canada Post $1 billion to stay afloat, and gambling stocks take a hit despite Super Bowl betting.
All this and more in under 10 minutes on your Peak Daily for Monday, February 9, 2026.
Ottawa shakes up its electric vehicle strategy by bringing back EV rebates while ditching the 2035 sales mandate in favor of stricter emissions standards. We explore what this means for Canadian car buyers and the environment. Then, Spotify makes a surprising move into physical book sales, partnering with Bookshop.org to offer hardcovers and paperbacks alongside its growing audiobook business. Plus, we cover a major Toronto police corruption scandal, Y Combinator's policy reversal on Canadian startups, and why two major pension funds are looking to cash out of Britain's biggest port operator.
AI agents are making it a hard time to be a software provider.
The White House is suddenly preaching peachy collaboration with its allies.
The days may be short, the sidewalks in constant need of shovelling, but at least we finally have the Olympics to carry us through the rest of winter.
Execs from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery were in the hot seat yesterday, defending the proposed merger of the two companies in front of a U.S. Senate antitrust committee.
The promise of AI has become every C-suite’s favourite cost-cutting scapegoat.
Salt is famously the only rock we eat, but is it the only thing we can use to melt road ice?
AI agents now have their own group chats to make fun of our ridiculous requests, and they’re not pulling any punches.
How many renminbi yuan is a Canadian dollar worth? Soon it may be useful to know that it is, at the moment, around five.
In today's episode, we explore how Alberta separatist groups have been secretly meeting with Trump administration officials, seeking massive financial support for a potential independence referendum. We also look at Canada's major banks expanding into the Middle East, with RBC applying for banking licences in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh as Canadian businesses deepen ties with Gulf nations. Plus, we cover General Motors' layoffs at its Oshawa plant, Pierre Poilievre's leadership vote, SpaceX and xAI merger talks, Manulife's use of AI in life insurance applications, and Wealthsimple's partnership with Canada Post for cash deposits.
Neil Young offering free archive access to Greenlanders amid U.S. political tensions. Keep on rocking in a free world. Plus, Toronto-based Waabi secured a $750 million funding round and is partnering with Uber to launch 25,000 robotaxis, marking a major milestone for Canadian tech and Uber's autonomous vehicle ambitions. Beyond Meat pivots from plant-based burgers to protein sodas, Ottawa's negotiations with Meta to restore news on Facebook, the Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady, South Korean automaker deals, Amazon's 16,000-worker layoff, and Starbucks' sales turnaround under CEO Brian Niccol.
In this episode of Peak Daily, Jay discusses Canada's $210 billion opportunity from eliminating internal trade barriers, explore why Canadian tech startups are increasingly relocating to the U.S. despite Canada ranking sixth globally for startup ecosystems, and examine how the federal government's $10-a-day childcare program is falling short of its targets.
Plus, updates on PM Mark Carney's response to Trump, BDC's new defense investments, and the latest in tech including Meta's potential paid subscriptions and TikTok's settlement of a social media addiction lawsuit.
In this episode, Jay covers Ottawa's new food inflation rebate providing up to $1,890 for families through an enhanced GST tax credit, along with concerns about food safety following the closure of seven federal research sites including a key facility in Guelph. The big picture roundup includes Ottawa subsidizing a tech firm supplying ICE with wiretapping tools, Chinese miner Zijin's $5.5 billion bid for Allied Gold, Cineplex challenging its drip pricing ruling at the Supreme Court, and Y Combinator no longer accepting Canadian startups unless they relocate. Plus, stay tuned for a conversation with personal finance experts from Meridian and Conscious Economics.
It wasn’t just large swaths of the country getting snowed in this weekend — the relationship between Ottawa and the White House also went back into deep freeze.
It turns out, parents will pay a lot of money to watch their nine-year-old's soccer game on TV.
For a company repeatedly branded a national security threat, TikTok has emerged from its U.S. standoff in remarkably good shape
Chinese EV companies are starting their engines to enter the Canadian market.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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It's not the jokes, its the super loud music on top of the voice which doesn't let you listen.
Killing time by spending it on TikTok? Really???? Maybe a better suggestion? Like reading books, or doing sth better?
The Crown has about 56B$ of assets. Why commonwealth citizens should provide money for the Crown at all?
Because of all the complex and long processes that IRCC has for providing visas to skilled workers to come and live in Canada and contribute to its economy, lots of skilled workers are heading to Europe, because EU's policy to grant work permits is very quick and effective these days. For a long long time, Canada has even been delaying the permanent residency and citizenship grant applications of people who lived here and worked and payed their taxes for more than 6-7 years, and government is not even trying to fix it. Instead , they are only pouring more money to IRCC and wasting more taxpayers money on this. We will see the effects of these policies on Canadian businesses in next 5-10 years.