High gear ⚙️- BlackBerry runs the auto software game, Helping companies break into defence.
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High gear ⚙️- BlackBerry runs the auto software game, Helping companies break into defence.

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 20268 min
  • News bulletin
  • Business & money
  • About Canada

BlackBerry’s comeback is shifting into high gear with a landmark US$100 million-plus deal for its new automotive software, a bet that the former smartphone giant can turn its foothold in connected vehicles into a much bigger business. Plus, Canadian defence accelerator Vimy Forge is teaming up with Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District to help startups navigate the costly, complicated process of selling to the military as Ottawa ramps up defence spending. And in The Big Picture: B.C. Premier David Eby calls a snap election, Ottawa offers Indigenous groups a stake in the Trans Moun...

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Hey, Pete Pals, I'm Alex Blumenstein. And I am Jay Rosenthal back together again. Yes, and what is this, Jay? We recorded together yesterday. What are you talking about? I know, but I was fasting. So, well, this is your peak daily for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026,

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where we cover the biggest stories in Canadian and global business, finance, and tech all in less than 10 minutes. Jay, if you are a follower of basketball, you would know that after a long and sorted Sega, a very long and sorted Sega that our colleague, because he's also a podcaster, Pablo Torre, has covered in depth that Kawhi Leonard is once again

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a Toronto Raptor. And as of yesterday afternoon, he signed a two-year extension to stay with the team a little bit longer for $115 million. Excited? I am excited, but it is the NBA.

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