Americas · Friday, 6 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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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 5,272 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Jobs and work More than usual
- Democracy and elections Anxious
- UVic sociologist weighs in on rise of white nationalists in B.C. (clearwatertimes.com)
- The City of Courtenay's new council take oaths to serve office (comoxvalleyrecord.com)
- Cost of living More than usual
- Quebec City CMA: More Choice For Homebuyers After Years of Limited Supply (stratfordbeaconherald.com)
- Brompton Global Infrastructure ETF Wins 2026 LSEG Lipper Fund Award (intelligencer.ca)
- 'War and Peace: Songs and Monologues' inspires in Guelph (guelphmercury.com)
- A North Bay man is lighting the way to Remembrance Day (nugget.ca)
- Richard van der Jagt - The Hill Times (hilltimes.com)
- Geoff Strong - The Hill Times (hilltimes.com)
Survey · 2023 71% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.5positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.1The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual3.3 words per 1,000usually 3.9The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.3 words per 1,000usually 6.4The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.2 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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Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, Public domain Rising
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 Weekly
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
Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0
Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Fashion & beauty
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FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain Rising
Food & drink
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Gaming
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Society & beliefs
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Sports
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Industries here
Government & public sector 31Media & entertainment 17Gaming 16Music 11Sports & fitness 8Fashion & beauty 2
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 news5reports of events, mostly in English6 Nov 2026 · usually 6 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news41reports of events, mostly in English6 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 euro1.571CAD per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro +0.6% since 30 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
2Ella Langley
3Zach Bryan
4Morgan Wallen
5Drake
6Cameron Whitcomb
7Adéla
8Stella Lefty
9Olivia Rodrigo
10Future
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Apple Music · 2026-11-07
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Daily
2Spittin' Chiclets
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3Dateline NBC
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4The Joe Rogan Experience
5Front Burner
6OverDrive
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748 Hours
832 Thoughts: The Podcast
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9Armchair Expert
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10Crime Junkie
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07
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: 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.