Sarah Bartnicka

2 months ago | readthepeak.com | Sarah Bartnicka

We have good news, and good-ish news: full-bodied California reds are back on LCBO shelves, and President Donald Trump will delay tariffs on Canadian goods until March 1. Driving the news: After a “pretty good call” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the U.S. president agreed to delay imposing a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, along with a 10% tariff on energy exports, for at least one month as both sides search for common ground.

2 months ago | readthepeak.com | Sarah Bartnicka

As U.S. President Donald Trump holds firm on the threat to apply a 25% tax on Canadian goods by Feb. 1, concerns are growing around what it all means for the economy — with BMO economist Doug Porter calling the threat “an existential risk” to Canada in a note on Friday. In the past 12 months, U.S. imports from Canada — including oil, cars, and lumber — totalled $410 billion, none of which the U.S. apparently needs, according to Trump.

Jan 18, 2025 | readthepeak.com | Sarah Bartnicka

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law requiring ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, to divest its U.S. operations by Sunday or face a nationwide ban. Driving the news: ByteDance is now expected to make good on its threat to disable the app in the U.S. sometime tomorrow (the ban was only meant to block new downloads and app updates), leaving over 1 million creators and 170 million users with one less place to scroll.

Dec 6, 2024 | readthepeak.com | Sarah Bartnicka

The manhunt for a suspect who gunned down a healthcare chief executive in New York City has now entered its fourth day, with police chasing several different leads as of writing. Catch-up: Brian Thompson, the CEO of one of America’s largest health insurers, was fatally shot outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. Investigators say the killing was pre-planned, but the suspect's identity and motivation remain unknown.

Dec 2, 2024 | readthepeak.com | Sarah Bartnicka

Canada is rolling out a global campaign to caution potential asylum seekers that filing a claim isn’t easy, as the country braces for a record number of claims by the end of 2024. Driving the news: The government will spend $250,000 on online ads across 11 languages that combat misinformation about Canada’s asylum process. In the first nine months of 2024 alone, 132,525 people had claimed asylum in Canada — nearly the total for all of 2023.