Episodios

  • $200M pay package 🤑 - The world’s highest paying jobs, Shutting down a small town.

    $200M pay package 🤑 - The world’s highest paying jobs, Shutting down a small town.
    Jul 11 2025
    Ruoming Pang recently accepted a pay package of more than US$200 million over several years. He’s not an athlete, or a movie star, but a new member of Meta’s “superintelligence” team. Facing the prospect of a 300% property tax hike, a small town just outside of Timmins, Ontario, is throwing in the towel.
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    9 m
  • Cutting classes 🧑‍🎓 - Canadian colleges face financial troubles, Bank salespeople are pushing

    Cutting classes 🧑‍🎓 - Canadian colleges face financial troubles, Bank salespeople are pushing
    Jul 10 2025
    We knew that limiting international student visas would be bad for post-secondary schools, but we couldn’t have known it would cause one of the largest mass layoffs the sector has ever seen. The performance of mutual funds might be falling, but that isn’t stopping salespeople at Canada’s largest banks from selling them to customers.
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    10 m
  • AI goes Hollywood 🎞️ - Canadian startup brings AI to the big screen, Anti-government militia charged.

    AI goes Hollywood 🎞️ - Canadian startup brings AI to the big screen, Anti-government militia charged.
    Jul 9 2025
    A Canadian company seems to have found a way to use AI in Hollywood without getting anyone sued. An ideologically motivated violent plot that had been in the making for at least four years was shut down by a series of arrests this week.
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    8 m
  • Meeting minutes 🤝 - Ottawa has a new AI tool, Canadian copper thefts are skyrocketing.

    Meeting minutes 🤝 - Ottawa has a new AI tool, Canadian copper thefts are skyrocketing.
    Jul 8 2025
    AI is being given the tall order of deciphering what exactly happens in those long meetings on Parliament Hill. As the price of copper rises, so has the number of thieves snipping it from power lines.
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    8 m
  • Stampede deals 🤠 - Business leaders gather in Calgary, An update on “Liberation Day” tariffs.

    Stampede deals 🤠 - Business leaders gather in Calgary, An update on “Liberation Day” tariffs.
    Jul 7 2025
    The Calgary Stampede is the only place in the world where you’ll catch business leaders flipping pancakes in the morning and chasing deals into the evening. It has probably never been more important to make a deal with the U.S., and it has probably never been more difficult either
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    8 m
  • Union drivers 🚦 - Uber drivers unionize, Automakers push back on EV mandate.

    Union drivers 🚦 - Uber drivers unionize, Automakers push back on EV mandate.
    Jul 4 2025
    Uber drivers in Victoria are forming Canada’s first rideshare union. The feds want more electric cars. Automakers want more people to actually buy them. Right now, neither side is getting what it wants.
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    8 m
  • Another round 🔔 - Gen Z heads back to the bar, China catches up in the AI race.

    Another round 🔔 - Gen Z heads back to the bar, China catches up in the AI race.
    Jul 3 2025
    It turns out Gen Z’s anti-alcohol reputation might have been overblown. China is beginning to do to the AI industry what it has done in nearly every other major area of the global economy
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    9 m
  • Still waiting 🥵 - It’s hard to break down provincial trade barriers, Saunas are a booming industry.

    Still waiting 🥵 - It’s hard to break down provincial trade barriers, Saunas are a booming industry.
    Jul 2 2025
    Yesterday was Canada Day, which this year was also the federal government’s promised deadline for achieving internal free trade. Saunas are steamy, Ice baths are freezy. Combine the two, and you’ve got a business that's dreamy.
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    8 m