Americas · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Canada
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: Manager for Scooters · Wealthsimple · PC Optimum · GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist · Solocator - GPS Field Camera. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 5,837 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Democracy and elections Anxious
- Vernon woman shares diary of father, a WWII veteran and Prisoner of War (vernonmorningstar.com)
- Letters reveal 'untold story' of First World War soldier (lfpress.com)
- For Dad and all those fighting ALS (pentictonherald.ca)
- Team behind one of Richmond's most beloved restaurants is opening an izakaya | Daily Hive (dailyhive.com)
- Climate Anxious
- Lack of snow in southern parts of N.W.T. 'bittersweet' for some enjoying warm spell (cbc.ca)
- Heavy rainfall warning issued for Vancouver as more storms on the way | Daily Hive (dailyhive.com)
Survey · 2023 71% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.3positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.1The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.8 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
- Fear0.6× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual3.3 words per 1,000usually 3.9The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.1× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 6.4The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.2× usual9.0 words per 1,000usually 7.6The GDELT Project
Also in the news
- Economic policy uncertainty698.5from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −20.8 since Jun 2026Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0 Weekly
LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain New
William Warby, CC BY 2.0 New
York County Democratic Party, CC BY 4.0 New
United States Senate, Public domain United States House of Representatives or Office of the Speaker of the House, Public domain
Rising on Google
Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Cars & transport
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Crime & justice
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Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain Rising
Books, arts & history
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Education & careers
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Fashion & beauty
SkinGlow by Kimmarie / Dr. Billy Ingram [1], CC BY 4.0
Food & drink
1DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
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Gaming
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Money & crypto
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2My Beacon: Send Money to India
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Movies & TV
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Music
Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Celebrities & creators
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2The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Politics & world affairs
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Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0 Weekly
LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain New
Society & beliefs
William Warby, CC BY 2.0 New
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Sports
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Travel & places
Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0 NASA World Wind, Screenshot by Carport, Public domain
Industries here
Government & public sector 41Gaming 14Media & entertainment 12Music 4Sports & fitness 4Tech & software 3Telecom & internet 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news9reports of events, mostly in English5 Nov 2026 · usually 6 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news65reports of events, mostly in English5 Nov 2026 · usually 50 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation3.0%Jul 2026 · +0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment6.4%Jul 2026 · −0.1 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Central bank rate2.50%Oct 2026 · +0.25 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices-6.7%Q2 2026 · +0.1 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth1.7%2025 · −0.3 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment13.8%2025 · +0.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Job postings104.51 Feb 2020 = 10023 Oct 2026 · +5.9 since 24 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.568CAD per euro5 Nov 2026 · euro +0.6% since 29 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence99.5100 = long-run averageJan 2026 · +0.4 since Dec 2025OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Artificial Intelligence
- Molecular Biology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Society
- People online94.4%2024 · +0.2 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government48.5%OECD Trust Survey2023 · +3.8 pts since 2021OECD Trust Survey
- Say humans mainly cause climate change47.7%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority66.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
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2Nobody Wants This
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3Love Is Blind
4Lupin
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5Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell
6Below
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7The Diplomat
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8The Fall of El Mayo
9Minimum wage
10WWE Raw
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1The Addams Family
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2Collision Course
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3Surviving Hurricane Otis
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4The Addams Family 2
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5Animals
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6Manoj Bajpayee
7SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of
8Hubie Halloween
9Final Destination Bloodlines
10Money Train
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Tate McRae
Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0 2Ella Langley
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3Zach Bryan
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4Morgan Wallen
5Drake
6Adéla
7Cameron Whitcomb
8Olivia Rodrigo
9Stella Lefty
Apple Music · 2026-11-06
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Daily
2Dateline NBC
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3The Joe Rogan Experience
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432 Thoughts: The Podcast
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5Front Burner
6The Ezra Klein Show
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7Spittin' Chiclets
848 Hours
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9OverDrive
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10The Diary of a CEO
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06
App Store · Free apps
1Muse from Meta
2Claude by Anthropic
3ChatGPT
4Remitra Pay: Send Money
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5Google Gemini
6Microsoft Authenticator
7Microsoft Teams
8Old Navy: Shop for New Clothes
9GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist
10Shop
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App Store · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1Chromagraph Camera
2AnkiMobile Flashcards
3Shadowrocket
4Monash FODMAP Diet
5Procreate
6ROLLIE'S: 35mm Film Camera
7LandTracker Pro LSD Finder
8Tiny Computers
9QuickBend: Conduit Bending
10play_music_theory
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App Store · 2026-11-06
Steam · Top sellers
1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
2Phantom Blade Zero
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3Aion 2
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4Counter-Strike 2
5MapleStory
6Probably Stolen
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7Aniimo
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9Crimson Desert
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10Final Fantasy Resonance
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.