Episodios

  • Breaking up 💻 — Regulators want Google to split. Couche-Tard bumps up its 7-Eleven bid.

    Breaking up 💻 — Regulators want Google to split. Couche-Tard bumps up its 7-Eleven bid.
    Oct 10 2024
    Good morning. We’re hosting a competition at the Bet on Canada Summit in Toronto on November 5 to narrow down the companies where people actually like working. With bonus season around the corner, we can’t think of a better way to get in your boss’s good books. Submit your pitch here. If U.S. regulators have their way, Google Chrome could become just Chrome. One of Canada’s most valuable retailers is doubling down on its bid to become the king of convenience.
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    6 m
  • Roaming over 📱 — Regulator cracks down on $16-a-day roaming fees. Algorithms are the new boss.

    Roaming over 📱 — Regulator cracks down on $16-a-day roaming fees. Algorithms are the new boss.
    Oct 9 2024
    Canada’s telecoms regulator wants to end the reality of alarming phone bills after a weekend trip to the States. Kissing up to your boss in the months leading up to bonus season might become a thing of the past as algorithms increasingly take over compensation decisions.
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    7 m
  • Island paradise 🏝️ — An affordable island home isn’t a pipe dream. U.S. Indigenous group claims rights to B.C. land.

    Island paradise 🏝️ — An affordable island home isn’t a pipe dream. U.S. Indigenous group claims rights to B.C. land.
    Oct 8 2024
    An Indigenous group in Washington state is looking for a cut of the profits made on land in southern B.C. The Toronto Islands neighbourhood is one of Canada’s most sought-after communities. Securing a home there isn’t easy, but you now have the slightest chance of doing so.
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    7 m
  • Gimme shelter 🏠 — Toronto hospital’s radical housing experiment, Starbucks protects its coffee future.

    Gimme shelter 🏠 — Toronto hospital’s radical housing experiment, Starbucks protects its coffee future.
    Oct 4 2024
    One of Canada’s largest hospital networks is launching a radical experiment in housing the homeless. The world’s biggest coffee chain is trying to innovate its way around erratic weather. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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    6 m
  • Raising the roof ✈️ — Koho wants to become a real bank. VTOLs take off.

    Raising the roof ✈️ — Koho wants to become a real bank. VTOLs take off.
    Oct 3 2024
    Like Pinocchio wishing upon a star to become a real boy, Koho is wishing upon a cash infusion to become a real bank. The once far-fetched future of flying cars has gotten a major vote of confidence from an industry giant. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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    6 m
  • Presidential first 👩‍⚖️ — Mexico gets its first female president, Senators look for doctor shortage solution

    Presidential first 👩‍⚖️ — Mexico gets its first female president, Senators look for doctor shortage solution
    Oct 2 2024
    North America just got its first-ever elected woman head of state (apologies to former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell, who was neither elected nor head of state). With 6.5 million Canadians living without a family doctor, a group of senators are hoping international med school grads can help fill the gap. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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    5 m
  • Belly-up 🏢 — Canada’s biggest purpose-built concert venue, Businesses are dropping like flies.

    Belly-up 🏢 — Canada’s biggest purpose-built concert venue, Businesses are dropping like flies.
    Sep 27 2024
    Concert industry leviathan Live Nation is constructing Canada’s largest purpose-built concert venue. Canadian businesses are shutting their doors at a rate the country hasn’t seen since the start of the pandemic.
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    18 m
  • Big tunnel 🛣️ — Ontario could be getting a giant traffic tunnel. Canada works to secure vaccine independence.

    Big tunnel 🛣️ — Ontario could be getting a giant traffic tunnel. Canada works to secure vaccine independence.
    Sep 26 2024
    Ontario is kicking the tires on an infrastructure project that will make the province's $16.8 billion GO train expansion look like a cute side project. Like a well-prepared bartender on a Saturday morning, Canada is taking steps to ensure that it won’t run out of shots.
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    17 m