Americas · Monday, 9 November 2026
Canada
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
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The White House, Public domain New
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 Breakout
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Top today
Elizabeth Marsh, CC BY-SA 4.0 1Ashe
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Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 Breakout
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The White House, Public domain New
Katrina.Tuliao, CC BY 2.0 Breakout
10Loftia
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Everyday apps here: AnkiMobile Flashcards · NBC mobile application · Microsoft Authenticator · Procreate · Shadowrocket. 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 4,239 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- The Sacrifice of Ypres: New exhibit at the Royal Montreal Regiment (thesuburban.com)
- The poppy is not an apolitical symbol – Winnipeg Free Press (winnipegfreepress.com)
- Ramara woman shares 'life-changing' 10-year struggle with Lyme disease (wellandtribune.ca)
- Measles exposure: Pearson Airport, flight ET552, Nov. 3 (cambridgetimes.ca)
- Jobs and work More than usual
- Diab says immigration plan about predictability, doing the 'right thing' (winnipegsun.com)
- Diab says immigration plan about predictability, doing the 'right thing' – Winnipeg Free Press (winnipegfreepress.com)
- Climate Anxious
- NetNewsLedger - Far North Ontario - Snow and freezing drizzle mark the remote north as colder air arrives (netnewsledger.com)
- Environmental economist tells trial Canada has limited power to alter climate change – Winnipeg Free Press (winnipegfreepress.com)
Survey · 2023 71% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Niagara housing market steady in October amid rate hike (stcatharinesstandard.ca)
- ՏՀԶԿ-ում սեպտեմբերին գնաճն արագացել է՝ հասնելով 4.5%-ի (b24.am)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.6positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.1The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.3 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual3.9 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.9 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.
The White House, Public domain New
Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
The White House, Public domain New
Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0 New
Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0 Rising
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
House Creative Services, Public domain Rising
Rising on Google
Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
The White House, Public domain New
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0 New
Crime & justice
Weekly
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Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain Rising
Books, arts & history
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J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Food & drink
Dave Pullig, CC BY 2.0 2DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
Everyday app
Everyday app
Gaming
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Money & crypto
Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Movies & TV
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Music
Elizabeth Marsh, CC BY-SA 4.0 1Ashe
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Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 Breakout
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Celebrities & creators
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Gabriel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Politics & world affairs
Weekly
The White House, Public domain New
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Science & space
Josh Valcarcel, Public domain
Society & beliefs
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Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rising
Sports
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Pikraken, CC0 Rising
Henry Lockwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 Weekly
Travel & places
Industries here
Gaming 17Music 12Media & entertainment 11Sports & fitness 9Government & public sector 8Travel & tourism 2Health & pharma 2Tech & software 1Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 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 news5reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 6 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news41reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 49 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 euro1.579CAD per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro +0.7% since 2 Nov 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
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Molecular Biology
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
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
5Cameron Whitcomb
6Drake
7Adéla
8Stella Lefty
9Olivia Rodrigo
Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Daily
2Dateline NBC
3Crime Junkie
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4The Joe Rogan Experience
5SmartLess
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632 Thoughts: The Podcast
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7Spittin' Chiclets
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848 Hours
9Front Burner
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10The Mel Robbins Podcast
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1Muse from Meta
2ChatGPT
3Claude by Anthropic
4GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist
5Old Navy: Shop for New Clothes
6Netflix Game Controller
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7Microsoft Authenticator
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8Google Gemini
9Gap: Apparel, denim and more
10Temu
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App Store · 2026-11-10
App Store · Paid apps
1AnkiMobile Flashcards
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2Shadowrocket
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3Chromagraph Camera
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4Procreate
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5Monash FODMAP Diet
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6Tiny Computers
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7LandTracker Pro LSD Finder
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8Threema for iOS
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9ROLLIE'S: 35mm Film Camera
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10Goblin Tools
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App Store · 2026-11-10
Steam · Top sellers
1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
2Counter-Strike 2
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3Aion 2
4Final Fantasy XIV
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5Phantom Blade Zero
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6MapleStory
7Probably Stolen
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9Loftia
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10Steam Deck
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
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.