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Wordle 📕 — Canadian startups raise huge rounds. Wordle gets bought by the NYT. And the U.S. is reducing tariffs on softwood.
2022/2/2

Show Notes: Talk about a strong start to the Year of the Tiger: three Canadian tech companies have a

Patent pending 📜 — Blackberry sells their patents. Lynx Air takes the skies. And more brands are getting into the metaverse.
2022/2/1

Blackberry is selling tens of thousands of patents for US$600M to a single company to turn its focus

Expensive data 📱 — Phone bills are getting a little bit cheaper. Apple had a great quarter. And Facebook has a new way to make money off us.
2022/1/31

Wireless plans in Canada are (finally) getting cheaper—or are they? A new federal government report

Luxury tax 🛩 — Uber strikes a deal with a Canadian union. The luxury tax is cancelling private jet and yacht orders. Apple’s rolling out a new point of sale solution.
2022/1/28

Uber has struck a deal with Canada’s largest services sector union to represent the ride-hailing com

New boss 👩‍✈️ — CN Rail gets a new CEO. Banks are in the race to hire top tier tech talent. The FTC fines Fashion Nova.
2022/1/27

Canadian National (CN) Railway named a new CEO after an activist investor waged a months-long campai

Bills, bills, bills 📜 — Google doesn’t like Canada’s new internet laws. BenchSci raised $50 million. And activist investors are getting active.
2022/1/25

Canadian lawmakers prepare to pursue internet-related legislation next week, a Canadian Google execu

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