Claim OwnershipThe Peak Daily
Subscribed: 270Played: 41,384
Subscribe
© 2022 The Peak
Description
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.
897 Episodes
Reverse
The classic chant “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream” may no longer be a totally accurate observation.
Canada is asking “what’s up doc?” to foreign-trained physicians looking to plant roots.
Just three months after the last Canadian airline strike brought travel plans to a halt, we’re on the verge of an untimely sequel.
A record number of Canadian taxpayers are having to correct the CRA’s work.
Young people are starting to sour on the idea of a $17 lunch bowl that looks like a burrito was hit by a bus and thrown in a cardboard container.
There’s a new entrant in the race to offer Canadians generic Ozempic.
A silent but deadly budget killer is starting to be reined in.
For Switzerland, luring wealthy foreigners is as proud a part of its cultural heritage as Alpine skiing, masterfully made timepieces, and Toblerone.
OpenAI started the AI race in a full sprint while its competitors were still lacing up their shoes.
Scholastic is making big changes to ensure that its book fairs aren’t just a relic of Zillenial memories.
A bottleneck of cases in Canadian courtrooms is leading to thousands of violent crimes going untried.
After a period of flirtation, Canada and Europe are making their defence relationship official.
Black Friday splurges may leave many Canadians in the red come the new year.
One small step for man, one giant leap for automakers moonlighting as rocket scientists.
Facing an oil pipeline conundrum, Ottawa is trying to kill two birds with one stone.
One of Canada’s top purveyors of watery beers is accusing an ex-employee of skimming some foam off the top.
It’s the classic gift you buy your nephew when he grows out of his dinosaur phase. It might also be the hottest holiday present of the year.
Campbell’s is on the defence after some soup-er incriminating leaked audio.
Just because a study has a long, jargon-filled title, that doesn’t mean it’s real.
The company accused of driving up your rent is quietly settling a price-fixing lawsuit.
The king of the holiday gift guide is taking on the (alleged) king of the dupes.
Hollywood A-listers are convincing Gen Z that cigarettes — while they may kill you — are still cooler than puffing on a vape that looks like a portable phone charger.
Canada’s foreign policy is now all about the Benjamins — or in this case, the Bordens.
Torontonians, look away: Montreal’s new train upgrade is going to make your morning streetcar delay feel even worse.
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) — the supervisor of our federally regulated lenders — wants to free up more credit for your next business venture.
One of Canada’s first online trading platforms is rolling out new tools to attract the booming hordes of Canadian daytraders (or at least people who lurk in r/WallStreetBets).
A Canadian startup is throwing its hat in the ring of the $5.4 trillion halal financing market.
Things haven’t exactly been peachy between Ottawa and Alberta over the past few years, but the two are willing to put differences aside in pursuit of a common goal: moving more oil.
Alberta’s government has drafted legislation that would allow doctors to work at both private and public institutions simultaneously.
For a country so rich in brainpower, Canada is having an oddly hard time figuring out how to use it.
The most digitally savvy generation is now falling for online financial scams at a higher clip than their grandparents.
After over 14 years of leading Apple and crafting his own path in the long shadow of Steve Jobs, Tim Cook might soon have more time to hike around Yosemite.
Spare a thought today for the latest workers to be displaced by AI: hackers.
Sony might’ve just landed one half of the next Barbenheimer.
Ottawa just rolled out part two of its infrastructure Christmas wish list. Whether it’ll get what it asked for is up in the air.
Targeted advertising has broken containment from your Instagram feed and made it to the real world.
Call it déjà vu: A Chinese AI firm has set the industry abuzz by doing more with less.
When you book your next Airbnb, you’ll have to decide whether you’d like it with or without a private chef, personal trainer, or fridge full of snacks.
Buy Canadian is going way beyond the grocery cart.
Trump is trying to strong-arm Big Pharma into hiking drug prices around the world.
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States
It's not the jokes, its the super loud music on top of the voice which doesn't let you listen.
Killing time by spending it on TikTok? Really???? Maybe a better suggestion? Like reading books, or doing sth better?
The Crown has about 56B$ 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.