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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Canada

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Canada’s attention is Streaming and screen culture (20.5%, 1.1× the world). The news sounds as usual.

Canada’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Current stories

The stories and events behind this week

  1. covers.com

  2. Melania Trump
    FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain

    cheknews.ca

  3. dhal3.com

  4. hindustantimes.com

  5. iheart.com

  6. 2news.com

News · 6 · Indicative

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Covered more than readThe housing crunch0.2×
Reading and news · 15m · Solid

Canada · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest country by total area, with the longest coastline of any country. Its border with the United States is the longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions. With a population of over 41 million, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in its urban areas and large areas being sparsely populated.

From Wikipedia: Canada · CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Diversified Royalty Corp. Announces Third Quarter 2026 Resultssaultstar.com · 6 outlets
  2. MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary of State McLean to highlight federal budget investments in Victoriaintelligencer.ca · 4 outlets
  3. Accused cross examined in Kelowna sexual assault re-trialkelownacapnews.com · 2 outlets
  4. OPINION: Ottawa has a salmon farm deadline. Now it needs a funded plan.ominecaexpress.com · 2 outlets
  5. Grande Prairie Police Service arrest charge Edmonton manvermilionstandard.com · 2 outlets
  6. Prada's new Milan exhibition turns a century of fashion into fresh discoverieswinnipegfreepress.com
Headlines via GDELT

Pictures

  • Quebec's National Holiday (French: La Fête nationale du Québec) is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day.
    Quebec's National Holiday (French: La Fête nationale du Québec) is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day.No machine-readable author provided. Francistremblay 18~commonswiki assumed (ba… · Public domain
  • Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Québec, at the Saint-Denis Theatre
    Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Québec, at the Saint-Denis TheatreNoël, Béatrice · CC BY 3.0
  • A 1904 postcard showing the Grand Opera House and Majestic Theatre, Adelaide Street, in the current Toronto Theatre District
    A 1904 postcard showing the Grand Opera House and Majestic Theatre, Adelaide Street, in the current Toronto Theatre DistrictUnknown author Unknown author · Public domain
  • Standard Theatre, 482 Queen Street West, Toronto, 1906
    Standard Theatre, 482 Queen Street West, Toronto, 1906William James · Public domain
  • Ottawa Jazz Festival inside Rideau Centre, 2008
    Ottawa Jazz Festival inside Rideau Centre, 2008Wilder Mendez / Lezumbalaberenjena at en.wikipedia · Public domain
  • Ice hockey being played at McGill University, in Montreal, 1884
    Ice hockey being played at McGill University, in Montreal, 1884Alexander Henderson · Public domain

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

On YouTube

Canada · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Donald Trump

    910 stories

  2. Mark Carney

    303 stories

  3. Vladimir Putin

    241 stories

  4. Brandon Sun

    158 stories

  5. The White House, Public domain

    Stephen Miller

    14.3× last week

    129 stories

  6. Ben Kuzma

    124 stories

  7. Patrick Johnston

    124 stories

  8. Jared Kushner

    11.2× last week

    112 stories

  9. Connor Hellebuyck

    3.2× last week

    105 stories

  10. Alice Huang

    New

    101 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    324 stories

  2. Securities and Exchange Commission

    280 stories

  3. National Instrument

    270 stories

  4. Regulation Services Provider

    250 stories

  5. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Toronto Stock Exchange

    218 stories

  6. Supreme Court

    199 stories

  7. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    162 stories

  8. Bank of America

    154 stories

  9. United Nations

    142 stories

  10. Toronto Raptors

    118 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Canada · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in Canada

What Canada’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

  1. 300 Million Views, One Viral Diss Track, and a Nomination: Nicole Arbour Is up for Comedy & Entertainment Creator of the Yearbrantfordexpositor.ca · 4 Nov
  2. WATCH — Meet Dawid, the seal going viral for rolling around in leavescbc.ca · 2 Nov
  3. Tuttle Capital Meme Stock Income Blast ETF (MEMY) to Delist and Liquidateintelligencer.ca · 2 Nov
  4. Canadian Tire turns Hudson Williams' viral bag into an ornamentdailyhive.com · 2 Nov
  5. “En direct de l’univers”: France Castel captivates internet usersshowbizz.net · 1 Nov · Translated from French
  6. Event: Last 2 days to register for the Viral Pottery Course with Jay Kimball! - SwiftCurrentOnline.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds and Job Listingsswiftcurrentonline.com · 1 Nov
  7. Flávio Bolsonaro's departure to the US sparks a flurry of viral Brazilian memes – Winnipeg Free Presswinnipegfreepress.com · 31 Oct
  8. Flávio Bolsonaro's departure to the US sparks a flurry of viral Brazilian memestherecord.com · 31 Oct
  9. Event: Last 3 days to register for the Viral Pottery Course with Jay Kimball! - SwiftCurrentOnline.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds and Job Listingsswiftcurrentonline.com · 31 Oct
  10. When Facebook and social media scare parentsledevoir.com · 31 Oct · Translated from French
  11. This Week's Funny Memes Have the Wolk Mind Virus: October 30, 2026 │ Exclaim!exclaim.ca · 30 Oct
  12. TV — Drama Qc: TikTok's toxic spiral: virtual disputes that dangerously escalatelactualite.com · 30 Oct · Translated from French

The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos the most-liked Bluesky posts in English shared this week.

Shared from Instagram

  1. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund and Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resource...

    Patrick Stewart

    Shared in 4 posts · 573 likes and reposts

  2. Susan Collins denies allegations of pay-to-play involving a campaign donor. But what did she know, and when did she know it? @weissmann11 tells @sarahlongwell25 why Collins...

    The Bulwark

    Shared in 1 post · 157 likes and reposts

  3. If you haven’t voted already, thank you for voting today! And you can keep supporting democracy by taking the Oath to the Constitution yourself at oathproject.org

    Bruce Springsteen

    Shared in 1 post · 122 likes and reposts

  4. In this week’s “Answers with Andrew Weissmann,” MS NOW Legal Analyst @weissmann11 sits down with special guest Stephen Richer, Former Maricopa County, AZ Recorder and election ad...

    MS NOW

    Shared in 1 post · 103 likes and reposts

  5. In their new report Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee set out in exacting detail how Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epst*in’s relationship progressed over seven years ...

    Jessica Craven

    Shared in 1 post · 88 likes and reposts

  6. Sesame Workshop mourns the loss of Sir Patrick Stewart. Thank you for being our friend and for sharing your brilliance, joy, and kindness with the world. 💛💚

    Sesame Street

    Shared in 1 post · 81 likes and reposts

  7. Look at all these souls to the polls! We’ve got the power! My @majortaylorlosangeles team riding for the blue TSUNAMI on Election Day! #votebluetosaveamerica🇺🇸💙

    Stephanie Miller Show

    Shared in 1 post · 80 likes and reposts

  8. Abdul El-Sayed had a pointed message for Donald Trump and JD Vance after his victory. In a fiery speech, El-Sayed highlighted the irony that JD Vance would be constitutional...

    Hook Global

    Shared in 1 post · 74 likes and reposts

  9. Minnesota voters have started placing their "I Voted" stickers at the memorial sites for Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Hundreds of Texans have repor...

    City Cast Twin Cities

    Shared in 1 post · 73 likes and reposts

  10. My heart is burden'd heavy, true - but not from 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳'𝘴 guilt..." I *need* more people to play the Detective Grimoire games, especially The Mermaid Mask. Please. I will buy it...

    Lexx

    Shared in 1 post · 61 likes and reposts

Shared from YouTube

  1. Could This Actually End Citizens United?

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 2 posts · 12,541 likes and reposts

  2. LIVE: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

    Shared in 9 posts · 10,539 likes and reposts

  3. We're just normal men, we're just innocent men (Lauren and Hacker: full clip)

    Antigone Journal

    Shared in 1 post · 8,384 likes and reposts

  4. Investigating Jared Kushner's Empire of Fraud & Corruption

    Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan

    Shared in 2 posts · 8,106 likes and reposts

  5. Mystery Skulls Animated - When I'm With You

    MysteryBen27

    Shared in 1 post · 6,960 likes and reposts

  6. NYC is Suffering from Halalflation

    Zohran Mamdani for NYC

    Shared in 1 post · 5,973 likes and reposts

  7. Why Hasn't Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His Campaign Goals Since Winning 2 Minutes Ago?

    The Onion

    Shared in 2 posts · 5,893 likes and reposts

  8. 🚨BREAKING: AG Blanche FINALLY Begins COURT-ORDERED REVIEW In MY EPSTEIN Lawsuit!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 5,623 likes and reposts

  9. The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills

    Robert Reich

    Shared in 1 post · 5,033 likes and reposts

  10. AG Blanche’s DELAY Attempt REJECTED BY APPEALS Court In My EPSTEIN Lawsuit!!

    Katie Phang

    Shared in 1 post · 4,515 likes and reposts

  11. Patrick Stewart Gives Passionate Response to Question At Comicpalooza 2013

    Heather Skye

    Shared in 2 posts · 4,432 likes and reposts

  12. President Obama at GA Rally to Support Keisha Lance Bottoms & Jon Ossoff

    Barack Obama

    Shared in 1 post · 3,474 likes and reposts

Trending on Bluesky

Topics Bluesky lists as trending this week (worldwide, mostly in English)

  1. Playing DeadlockEntertainment · 11,928 posts · trending 4 days
  2. Washington votes on trans sports banPolitics · 2,323 posts · trending 1 day
  3. Right-wing Anakin Skywalker postingCulture · 1,921 posts · trending 4 days
  4. Ocarina of Time remake reviewsEntertainment · 1,343 posts · trending 1 day
  5. Onion headline on Abdul El-SayedPolitics · 1,163 posts · trending 1 day
  6. Speculation Trump allies will fleePolitics · 1,044 posts · trending 1 day
  7. Godzilla Minus Zero opensEntertainment · 994 posts · trending 2 days
  8. Bluesky's first cultural decreeCulture · 906 posts · trending 1 day
  9. Ukraine reportedly hits Russian bot farmsPolitics · 483 posts · trending 1 day
  10. Bluesky traffic surges to doubleScience and tech · 402 posts · trending 1 day
  11. New Zealand general election campaignPolitics · 342 posts · trending 1 day
  12. Early 2028 election speculationPolitics · 211 posts · trending 1 day
  13. First College Football Playoff rankingsSports · 201 posts · trending 1 day
  14. Southern states voting dataPolitics · 168 posts · trending 1 day
  15. Golden State Valkyries paradeSports · 142 posts · trending 1 day

Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

Canada

Discussion

Canada · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Startups people read about

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views this week

  1. Anthropic

    Startups and building things · founded 2021 · 4,223 page views

    Backed by Spark Capital

  2. Facebook

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2004 · 4,221 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  3. HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0

    OpenAI

    Startups and building things · founded 2015 · 1,792 page views

    Backed by a16z, Sequoia +2

  4. Reddit

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2005 · 1,505 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia

  5. Palantir

    Big Tech and platforms · founded 2003 · 517 page views

    Backed by Founders Fund

  6. Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0

    Coinbase

    Markets, money and crypto · founded 2012 · 425 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, a16z +1

  7. Scale AI

    Startups and building things · founded 2016 · 231 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator

  8. Stripe, Inc.

    Markets, money and crypto · founded 2010 · 98 page views

    Backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia +1

Backers according to Wikidata

Canada

New startups and businesses

Just filed to raise money

Companies under five years old that told the US SEC in the last 30 days they are raising money privately, under $10M so far, newest first

  1. Vimy Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    $278.2K raised

    filed 6 Nov

  2. Phytokana Ingredients Inc.

    $276.5K raised

    filed 2 Nov

  3. Soliton ID, Inc.

    $105K raised

    filed 29 Oct

  4. Juno Corp.

    $427.9K raised

    filed 28 Oct

  5. Lexful, Inc.

    $7M raised

    filed 23 Oct

  6. Krait Critical Minerals Corp.

    $9.9K raised

    filed 20 Oct

  7. Quilla Resources Inc.

    $9.2M raised

    filed 19 Oct

Filings: SEC EDGAR (Form D) · All filings

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