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Failure to launch 🚀 —Trump walks back Bombardier ban threat
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Trump backtracks on his Bombardier ban threat as Canadian tariffs emerge as a key issue in U.S. midterm elections. Plus, financial researchers use Claude AI to design a novel scorpion antivenom in just days. And in the big picture, internal TikTok documents reveal child safety concerns, Grifols reopens Canadian plasma centers, and RBC considers blocking Meta’s AI. The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com
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Hey, Pique Pals, I'm Alex Blumenstein. And I am Jay Rosenthal. What is this, Jay? This is your Peak Daily for Wednesday, October 21st, 2026, where we cover the biggest stories
in Canadian and global business finance and tech all in less than 10 minutes. Jay, yesterday we talked about your Adidas X Tim Hortons shoes, and now you have them. Congrats. Thank you.
They're awesome. sets of laces and I may get another pair just to have on ice until I wear these ones out. I love them. That's an incredible story. They are basketball shoes which is my pivot to are you gonna watch the first game of the Raptors
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