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  • NHL goes global 🏒 — The NHL returns to the global stage. Airlines bet on summer in Canada.

    NHL goes global 🏒 — The NHL returns to the global stage. Airlines bet on summer in Canada.
    Feb 12 2025
    The NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament begins tonight, with Canada taking on Sweden at Montréal’s Bell Centre. Canadian airlines are probably hoping that the “Buy Canadian” movement includes travel.
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    7 min
  • Deregulation 🤖 — Tariffs come for Canadian steel. AI shifts from regulation to innovation.

    Deregulation 🤖 — Tariffs come for Canadian steel. AI shifts from regulation to innovation.
    Feb 11 2025
    Just when we thought we were safe, a fresh round of U.S. tariffs is on the way. The third annual AI Action Summit wraps up today in Paris as global leaders and AI industry big-wigs chat about innovation over croissants and cafe au laits.
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    7 min
  • Buy Canadian 🇨🇦 — Savvy shoppers look for alternatives, Canadian tech startups grow up.

    Buy Canadian 🇨🇦 — Savvy shoppers look for alternatives, Canadian tech startups grow up.
    Feb 5 2025
    From switching up groceries to relocating weddings, Canadians are looking to spend their cash outside of the U.S. Like John Hughes in the ’80s, Canada’s tech industry is writing its own coming-of-age story.
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    16 min
  • Tariffs averted (for now) 🏭 — Tariffs delayed until March 1. Tims brings back classic Roll Up to Win cups.

    Tariffs averted (for now) 🏭 — Tariffs delayed until March 1. Tims brings back classic Roll Up to Win cups.
    Feb 4 2025
    We have good news, and good-ish news: full-bodied California reds are back on LCBO shelves, and President Donald Trump will delay slapping tariffs on Canadian goods until at least March 1. Later this month, Tim Hortons will bring back its iconic Roll up to Win cups after a years-long hiatus.
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    6 min
  • Down 16.86% 📉 — AI stock rally takes a turn. The ski business is on thin ice.

    Down 16.86% 📉 — AI stock rally takes a turn. The ski business is on thin ice.
    Jan 28 2025
    A possible breakthrough in China could put an end to the AI stock rally that one U.S. analyst called “one of the greatest spending binges in human history.” Vail Resorts, the owner of ski resorts including Whistler Blackcomb, is veering off-piste. Plus an interview with Cisco and the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
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    25 min
  • Postal dis-service 📬 — Canada has a drug problem. Canada Post needs a helping hand.

    Postal dis-service 📬 — Canada has a drug problem. Canada Post needs a helping hand.
    Jan 24 2025
    Entrepreneurship in Canada is on the rise if you only look at organized crime. Canada Post projects it will lose $900 million this year, with losses expected to balloon to $1.7 billion by 2029. What’s a national postal service to do?
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    5 min
  • Dr. Internet 👩‍⚕️ — Public sector lay-offs are on their way. MEC is back on the market.

    Dr. Internet 👩‍⚕️ — Public sector lay-offs are on their way. MEC is back on the market.
    Jan 22 2025
    The hammer is finally coming down on federal worker numbers, which ballooned by over 43% from 2015 to hit 367,772 last year. Retailers continue to struggle to offload extra inventory, but the outdoor industry has been especially hard hit.
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    7 min
  • Not today 💸 — Trump puts a pause on tariffs, Cricket goes mainstream in Canada.

    Not today 💸 — Trump puts a pause on tariffs, Cricket goes mainstream in Canada.
    Jan 21 2025
    On his first day in office as U.S. president, Donald Trump signed ~200 actions, memos, and proclamations. The good news is a directive to ignite a trade war with Canada wasn’t one of them. The bad news is he says tariffs are coming, and soon. For a brief period after Confederation, cricket was Canada’s national sport. It likely won’t ever regain that status, but it is still on the come-up.
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    6 min