Bridging the gap 🚣‍♂️ - The Gordie Howe Bridge gets an opening date, Canadians turn to house swapping for vacations.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge finally has an opening date, but Canada had to accept less favourable terms to get it there — including giving up half of toll revenue for 15 years and getting U.S. approval for some future toll changes — raising bigger questions about how durable cross-border deals really are. Plus, more Canadians are turning to home exchange platforms to cut vacation costs, as memberships jump and travellers look for alternatives to pricier hotels and short-term rentals.And in The Big Picture: Alberta opens its online gambling market to private sportsbooks and casinos, Toronto reels from a deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival, and the Seattle Seahawks sell for a record US$9.6 billion.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com