The Peak Daily

In today's episode, we explore how a viral Substack post about AI-driven economic disruption sparked a massive market selloff, wiping billions off tech stocks. We also cover the MLB's new partnership with TikTok to bring baseball highlights and creator content to younger audiences. Plus, US Treasury faces refund lawsuits after tariffs were struck down, new UK entry requirements for travelers, and Canadian airlines resuming flights to Mexico after violent unrest.

In today's episode, we explore the aftermath of cartel leader El Mencho's death and the violent retaliation that erupted across Mexico, impacting travel safety for thousands of Canadians. We also dive into Aritzia's ambitious U.S. expansion as the Canadian retailer acquires iconic luxury brand Fred Segal and targets experiential retail on LA's Melrose Avenue. Plus, we cover OpenAI executives being summoned to Ottawa, Uber's robotaxi push, takeover interest in PayPal, and the latest on NEXUS suspensions affecting Canadian travelers.

In today's episode, we cover OpenAI's controversial decision not to alert Canadian authorities about concerning ChatGPT conversations with the alleged Tumbler Ridge shooter, plus how plummeting battery costs are bringing us closer to a renewable energy future. We also discuss Trump's escalating global tariffs, the killing of a notorious Mexican cartel leader, and Netflix's Warner Bros. acquisition under DOJ scrutiny.

In today's episode, we explore 7-Eleven Canada's ambitious expansion plans, including the arrival of the cult-favorite tamago sando from Japan as part of their shift toward becoming a quick-service restaurant. We also examine new evidence that AI may finally be impacting productivity levels across European firms and the U.S. job market. Plus, we cover OpenAI's massive $100 billion fundraising round, U.S. military buildup near Iran, the arrest of former Prince Andrew, and other headlines you gotta know.

In today's episode, we explore the shifting political landscape as Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux becomes the third Tory to cross the floor and join the Liberal caucus, putting Prime Minister Carney on the verge of a majority government. We then dive into the entertainment industry's fight against ByteDance's revolutionary AI video generator Seedance 2.0, as Hollywood's biggest studios unite with cease-and-desist letters over copyright concerns. Plus, in our Big Picture segment, we examine the discovery of ancient antibiotic-resistant bacteria frozen in a Romanian ice cave and what it means for both public health and future medicine.

In today's episode, we explore the latest developments in a Hollywood bidding war as Warner Bros. Discovery reopens negotiations with Paramount, giving them one week to submit a final offer that could challenge Netflix's $83 billion deal. We also discuss Canada's push to export CANDU nuclear reactor technology to Poland for their second nuclear power plant, potentially creating significant economic opportunities with a largely domestic supply chain. Plus, we cover PM Carney's $470 billion defence spending commitment, January's inflation numbers, Apple's accelerated AI wearables development, and more business headlines.

In today's episode, Canada is charting a bold new course on the global stage. Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to unite the EU and Indo-Pacific trading bloc into one of the world's largest economic alliances — a strategic pivot away from U.S. dependence. Meanwhile, Ottawa unveils an ambitious defence strategy to triple domestic military manufacturing and boost spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, signaling Canada's biggest military buildup since the Cold War. Plus, we cover Warner Bros. reopening merger talks, Anthropic's Pentagon standoff, and the latest on CUSMA negotiations.

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.

B.C. is closing the book on its experiment with drug decriminalization.  We hate to say it, but all of those “crazy” sports fans complaining about the games being rigged might not have been so crazy after all. 

Quebec's premier is bidding adieu to the Hôtel du Parlement. Matthew McConaughey has had enough, enough, enough with the AI deepfakes.

It looks like McDonald's has seen all the posts about how fast food prices are too damn high. After losing tens of billions of dollars making clunky VR headsets that nobody wanted, Meta has finally built a winning product.

Getting compensated for your delayed flight from two years ago isn't getting any easier. Recent Grok-y headlines have been upsetting, so here's some good AI news.

Consider taking a moment today to check in on any venture capitalists in your life, because (in Canada, at least) there's a good chance they just went through a rough year. It may sound like the log line for a low-budget sci-fi movie, but a Canadian company just launched a bunch of high-tech lasers into space.

Rogers is worried about kids' screen time and cottage cheese is having a moment. Plus, a new underwater cable is on the way connecting an Ontario power plant to Toronto.

As the US explores annexation of Greenland they continue their plans to extract and sell Venezuelan oil. Plus, the future of air travel is both bumpier thanks to a changing environment but also more convenient, thanks to eVTOLS.

Nvidia unveils self-driving car system at CES which might be a good thing, because you can apparently by illicit drug on Instagram and Facebook. Plus, just how big was Taylor Swift Eras Tour effect on Toronto's economy?

Novo Nordisk launches weight-loss pill while the Feds look into earthquake insurance. Plus, Maduro's (first) day in court, Christia Freeland's new job and one very, very expensive tuna.

Plus, DeepSeek boasts a new AI breakthrough and another Chinese company, BYD has overtaken Tesla as the world's largest EV seller.

We could finally be done with the stale Hollywood marketing cycle of Jimmy Kimmel appearances, sleepy podcast circuits, and forced red carpet smiles. Bombardier is heading into 2026 flying higher than a tricked-out private jet

Lax U.S. gun laws are flooding Canada's black market for firearms.  One of Canada's 2026 resolutions is to crack down on money laundering, and this year they're actually going to do it for real, okay?

The unexplainable desire to watch our favourite podcast hosts talk into a microphone has created a new frontier in the streaming wars. Is this weird-looking jet the future of air travel?

Ottawa has pulled off a tire-squealing U-turn on immigration. It's a rough time to be an Ellison-run company.

Even an electric version of the world's best-selling truck couldn't get people to give up the gas pump. The federal government's new Buy Canadian Policy officially came into effect yesterday, as Ottawa looks to turn grocery aisle sloganeering into a concrete national investment strategy

If there's one thing more painful than seeing Canada lose to the Americans in hockey, it's seeing promising Canadian companies pull up stakes and move south of the border. Canadian editors are in a dictionary dispute with the Carney government.

About 45 years after Ronald Reagan called it the most dangerous drug in America, the U.S. government seems to be warming up to weed. We are quickly discovering that “financializing everything” through prediction markets also creates endless opportunities for corruption.

The U.S. is pursuing another measure that makes it seem like it no longer cares about international tourism as a GDP contributor. Canadians might be feeling pinched, but a steady diet of live entertainment seems to be a non-negotiable.

The U.S. is pursuing another measure that makes it seem like it no longer cares about international tourism as a GDP contributor. Canadians might be feeling pinched, but a steady diet of live entertainment seems to be a non-negotiable.

Like all of us this time of year, Canada is looking for ways to buy new stuff for less. There are going to be some extremely irritable Australian kids this morning. Spare a thought for their parents.

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.