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Made in the USA 🖥 — Canada’s facing a cattle feed crisis. Crypto markets are chaotic. And Intel is opening up a new factory in Ohio.
2022/1/24

Desperate for cattle feed, Canadian farmers are importing record amounts of corn from the US. Prices

Keep trucking 🚛—There’s a truck driver shortage. Meta is making its way into NFTs. And Amazon is opening up a physical store.
2022/1/21

Canadian and US trucking industries are grappling with driver shortages, straining already-fragile s

Lock and key 🔐 — 1Password raises a huge round. The White House might crack down on big tech. The EU is worried about the carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining.
2022/1/20

Show Notes: Toronto-based password manager 1Password raised US$620 million round, marking the larges

Game on 🎮 — Bic buys the Canadian Inkbox. Microsoft acquires Activision. And Canadians are worried about their debt.
2022/1/19

Pen maker Bic has announced a deal to buy Toronto-based temporary tattoo startup Inkbox for US$65 mi

Testing troubles 🧪 — Airlines want to get rid of mandatory arrival testing. Brands are working to cut plastic waste. And Ford wants you to buy your next car online.
2022/1/18

Canada’ busiest airport and airlines are calling on the federal government to drop the requirement f

Monocle 🧐 — Canadian housing prices are only going up. The Zara billionaire is buying RBC plaza. And Bausch and Lomb is going public.
2022/1/17

What goes up must come down, unless we’re talking about Canadian housing prices. At least that’s the

Small business saviour ⛑ — Feds give small businesses another lifeline. Public flood insurance is needed to prepare for climate disasters. TikTok stars are making money.
2022/1/14

The Canadian government extended the deadline for small businesses to pay back emergency loans—one o

Gas is expensive ⛽️ — Oil prices are peaking at $81 a barrel. Vendasta is making moves. And Dave McKay thinks the Bank of Canada should act on inflation.
2022/1/13

US oil prices peaked to $81 a barrel for the first time in two months, reflecting stronger consumpti

New CEO in town 👨‍💼 — Canada and Taiwan might be teaming up. Rogers has a new CEO. And Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges are complaining about a US rival.
2022/1/12

Canada and Taiwan have begun trade talks in an attempt to reduce both countries’ economic dependence

Farewell Farmville 🌾 — BMO is hitting the pensions up for money. Zynga and TakeTwo are merging. Taco Bell is releasing a subscription service.
2022/1/11

BMO is tapping into pension funds for its Bank of West takeover, the largest acquisition deal led by

Happy birthday 🎂 — Trudeau is mandating truckers get vaxxed. Turning Red is going to Disney Plus first. And vinyl is back.
2022/1/10

PM Justin Trudeau is proceeding with a vaccine mandate for truckers entering Canada, a requirement t

Crystal ball 🔮 — Home prices only go up. The NY Times is buying The Athletic. France hit Google and Facebook with big fines.
2022/1/7

Our housing market is heating up: Toronto and Vancouver home sales shot up 7% and 28%, respectively.

We’re Hiring 👷‍♀️ — OpenSea raises a huge round. Staffing shortages are causing big problems. And the oil industry is booming.
2022/1/6

The world’s biggest NFT marketplace OpenSea raised $300 million to a $13.3 billion valuation. Staffi

The Biggest Unicorn 🦄 — Apple hits $3 trillion. The USMCA tribunal ruled against Canada. And car manufacturers are gearing up to take on Tesla.
2022/1/5

Apple became the first $3 trillion company on Monday. Canada took an L in the first ever ruling by a

Bye Bye BlackBerry 📱 — New Omicron restrictions in Ontario. The BlackBerry is going away for good. And Norwegian car sales were electric.
2022/1/4

Ontario’s heading back into lockdown again to fight the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Say it

We’re Back 🎙 — Omicron may help us fight Delta. It’s going to be easier for Amazon employees to organize. And the COVID Alert app is looking like a flop.
2022/1/3

According to a lab study in South Africa, people who recover from the Omicron variant are better abl

Happy Holiday 🎄 — The SEC is siding with activist investors. New COVID benefits are coming. And there’s a big security vulnerability.
2021/12/23

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Apple’s pleas to block three activist sharehol

Telescopic 🔭 — The James Webb Space Telescope is going up. We need more charging stations. And the NHL is on pause.
2021/12/22

NASA will launch the James Webb Space Telescope from South America on Friday. One of the biggest cha

Viral Sushi 🍣 — TikTok’s piloting a food delivery service. Bombardier’s stock is dropping. And the Moderna booster works.
2021/12/21

TikTok is pilot testing a delivery service in the U.S. for some its most popular recipes. Montreal-b

Jumbo jets ✈️ — PM Trudeau is gearing up for a trade war. Airbus is ending production of the A380. And Dom Barton might head to Rio Tinto.
2021/12/20

It may be the season of giving but it sure looks like PM Justin Trudeau is readying his government f