Nathan Fielder’s new documentary, You Can See Everything, landed in cinemas on Oct. 16, bringing in US$15 million in its opening weekend and marking the biggest opening weekend for a documentary in North America in more than 20 years.

The Canadian-American comedian and filmmaker had already risen to fame with his TV shows including The Rehearsal and Nathan for You, but the Oscar buzz around You Can See Everything combined with the film’s near-perfect scores on review platforms like Letterboxd and Metacritic has launched Fielder to a new level of fame.

Here’s what we know about his life and career.

Who is Nathan Fielder?

Nathan Fielder is a 43-year-old comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker, known for his awkward, deadpan delivery and TV projects that blur the lines between reality and performance.

He was born in Vancouver and attended Point Grey Secondary School, where he was part of the school’s improv group alongside fellow student and actor-comedian Seth Rogen.

As a teen, Fielder worked as a magician in Vancouver, at a store and at birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. In a recent interview with W Magazine , Fielder said: “I was doing magic, and I worked at a magic shop from when I was 13 until I was 20. I had to stop, because if you don’t stop, people will forever say to you, ‘Show me a trick.’”

In 2005, he graduated with a degree in business from the University of Victoria “with really good grades” — a tagline for one of his TV shows years later.

In 2008, Fielder made his first appearance on CBC’s news parody show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where he had a recurring segment called “Nathan on Your Side” in which he played a consumer advocate.

The role helped him land writing roles at Comedy Central in the U.S., where he worked on the sketch-variety series Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Fielder became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2025, according to reports.

How did Nathan Fielder become famous?

In 2013, Fielder launched his own Comedy Central series, Nathan for You, a docu-reality show in which he offered struggling businesses outlandish advice, drawing on his real business degree.

In one episode, he suggested a frozen yogurt shop add a “poo” flavour; in another, he placed an ad for a pet store at a pet cemetery; and elsewhere he had a hotel test a soundproof “sex box” by placing a child inside to shield them from a porn shoot staged in the same room.

The show further established Fielder’s socially awkward and absurd style that has become his signature.

Nathan for You ran for four seasons, earning a near-perfect 97 per cent score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , with the New York Times hailing it “the television series with the most incisive take on the 21st-century economy” in a 2015 review.

The show won three awards at the 2014 Canadian Comedy Awards and in 2019 won a Writers Guild of America Award in the Comedy/Variety Sketch Series category.

In 2022, Fielder launched his show, The Rehearsal, in which he constructed scenarios allowing real people to rehearse real-life events.

One of Fielder’s most notable moments came in the second season of The Rehearsal, where he learned to pilot a Boeing 737 and hired actors to play passengers as he flew over the Mojave Desert. He also recreated the life of hero pilot Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger by being “birthed” as Sully and breastfed from an oversized puppet.

The Rehearsal received four Emmy Award nominations and is in the “Universal Acclaim” category on Metacritic , with Screen Rant calling season two “daring, profound, and subversively hilarious.”

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What else has Nathan Fielder done in his career?

Fielder also starred in and directed Showtime series The Curse, a black comedy in which he and Emma Stone portray a couple trying to bring their vision for eco-conscious housing to life and produce a TV show called “Flipanthropy.”

Fielder’s inspiration for the show was a real-life incident that happened to him when he had just moved from Canada to L.A., according to co-creator Benny Safdie . A woman approached him and asked for money, and when he apologized for not having any cash, she said, “I curse you.” He went to an ATM, took out $20 and returned to ask if the curse was lifted, to which the woman said yes.

Fielder has also held small parts in the 2017 comedy-drama The Disaster Artist, which also starred Seth Rogen, and HBO’s mockumentary Tour de Pharmacy, among others. He co-directed the Sacha Baron Cohen satirical series Who Is America?, which aired in 2018.

What is Nathan Fielder’s new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything?

You Can See Everything is a three-hour documentary which follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the days before her prison sentence begins. Fielder co-directed the film with Lance Oppenheim.

Holmes was convicted of four federal charges of wire fraud in 2022 for misrepresenting to investors what the Theranos technology was capable of and how widely its machines were being adopted. Theranos falsely claimed it could perform a range of medical tests using a small amount of blood from a single finger prick. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison in November 2022.

In You Can See Everything, Holmes grants Fielder and Oppenheim extraordinary access to her life with partner Billy Evans and their two children. For the film, Fielder lived with Holmes in her seaside rental for 34 days.

Of the small team of roughly seven on-site crew members, several also hail from Canada, including editor Adam Locke-Norton and Ottawa-born producer Tatiana Bears.

You Can See Everything is the latest in a string of pop culture projects based on Holmes, which includes HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley and Hulu’s The Dropout, starring Amanda Seyfried as Holmes.

On Thursday, Fielder and Oppenheim surprised viewers at a Toronto film screening of You Can See Everything. Oppenheim praised Canada’s filmmakers at the screening, calling them some of the “best on the planet.”

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British Columbia’s Conservative Party won a commanding majority government on Saturday, securing a landslide victory that will see Lorne Doerkson take over the premier’s office from David Eby following a highly unpopular election call.

While results are not yet final, analysts late on Saturday evening were projecting the Conservative Party to win 64 seats, compared to the NDP’s 27. The Green Party was projected in early results to win two seats. Such a result would put the newly formed Conservative Party comfortably over the 47 seats it needs to form a majority, and deliver Doerkson one of the most lopsided electoral victories in B.C. history.

Saturday’s outcome also seals a catastrophic result for outgoing B.C. premier David Eby, whose early snap election call on Sept. 22 has backfired at an extraordinary scale. Eby’s campaign had for weeks failed to gain momentum amid repeated political gaffes, while his NDP had struggled to shake the public perception that the election call was a cynical political maneuver designed to win his party more power.

Around 9:30 p.m. PT, a subdued Eby announced his resignation as leader of the NDP, saying he was dismayed by the election result but proud of the work he’d done as premier.

“I accept full responsibility for that outcome,” Eby said.

The last Conservative government in B.C. was elected in 1928, with leader Simon Fraser Tolmie winning a majority.

Congratulations to @LDoerkson on becoming B.C.’s next premier. Serving this province has been the honour of a lifetime. I am so proud of the progress we've made and everything we've done together to make B.C. a stronger, fairer, more caring place. Thank you, British Columbia.

— David Eby (@Dave_Eby) October 25, 2026

Saturday’s results see the largely unknown Doerkson, a former rodeo announcer and newspaper publisher, take over the role of premier at a critical juncture in Western Canadian politics.

In his acceptance speech, an unusually animated Doerkson promised to focus on rebuilding the economy, reinforcing public safety and protecting private property rights, among various other things.

“B.C. is definitely blue!” Doerkson exclaimed after taking the stage.

The soon-to-be premier said he was prepared to work very hard for all British Columbians, particularly those in parts of the province that he said have long been ignored by the MLAs from the urban centres.

“For a very long time, a lot of British Columbians have felt like Victoria forgot about them, like the map maybe stopped at Hope. But tonight, the whole map counts for British Columbia.”

The election comes at a time when B.C. is struggling under the strain of increasing fiscal deficits, high taxes, weak private sector investment and rising unaffordability. Last year, a record high 70,000 young people left the province, driven out by high housing costs and onerous taxes. Voters also went to the ballot box as the province is targeting massive infrastructure investments alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney, with plans to plow billions into new infrastructure like transmission lines, liquefied natural gas export terminals and critical minerals mines.

Tonight, British Columbians chose a new direction.

We’re doing this for our sons and daughters. For the future they deserve and the province we owe them.

Thank you, British Columbia, I won’t let you down. pic.twitter.com/H3Ko6p660S

— Lorne Doerkson (@LDoerkson) October 25, 2026

On Saturday, Doerkson said he was going to “cut red tape like it’s never been cut before” and double the province’s natural gas production by 2032. He said he would push for companies to build a long list of other projects like power lines, ports and railways. In particular, he said he aimed to make the province a place where young people can thrive and call home.

“Here’s what I want: A British Columbia that is the most prosperous province in this country, the place where investment goes first, and the place where the best people choose to build their lives.”

Doerkson had also previously lamented the province’s ballooning deficits and the recent doubling of its debt-to-GDP ratio, suggesting in a campaign video that the B.C. government would need to intervene to reverse the province’s fiscal problems.

The Conservative Party has won support from a collection of centrist and centre-right voters, including some from the BC United party (formerly the BC Liberal Party) that backed the Conservatives after suspending its 2024 campaign. The NDP had held power since 2017.

Meanwhile, Eby’s election campaign has been riddled with political gaffes, which began immediately after the election call itself. Eby’s NDP called the snap election less than 48 hours after the Conservative party had ousted its controversial leader, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, which commentators widely viewed as politically motivated.

The premier had also scored a number of own-goals during the campaign, including when he was forced to admit that his children were enrolled in the province’s $10-per-day daycare program — spots that are highly coveted and meant to be filled by the province’s most needy families.

Eby has himself acknowledged that the timing of the election call is a major concern among voters.

Summarizing what he had heard from voters in recent public remarks, Eby said: “‘Why are we having an election? I’ve got other things going on. Just go and do the government stuff, don’t bother me with an election,'” Eby said. “And look, I get it, I know that people have a lot going on, I know they didn’t want an election right now. I hear the frustration and I understand it.”

In an interview with CBC on Friday , Eby appeared to express regret over the election timing, but said that his main misstep was failing to properly notify voters of his intentions.

“There’s no question that I got ahead of British Columbians in terms of my understanding of what was happening in the legislature,” he said, adding that he had “regret about not bringing British Columbians along on that issue.”

In recent weeks, Eby had pivoted his focus toward addressing Green voters and urging them to support the NDP in order to avoid splitting the progressive vote and giving power to the Conservatives.

Last election, there were 11 ridings in which the NDP lost to the Conservatives, but would have won if all the support for the Greens had gone to the NDP. In pre-election remarks earlier this month, he directly appealed to Green supporters to “think very carefully” about what a Conservative government would mean for B.C.

“The Green vote wasn’t enough to elect a Green candidate, but it was the difference between a Conservative being elected and the NDP being elected,” Eby said, referring to the 11 ridings. “This election is about the future, the direction of our province, and not with some of the small differences that we may have with people who are thinking about voting Green.”

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Hamas has said it is prepared to carry out an attack similar to the October 7, 2023 massacre, according to Israeli news website Ynet.

Senior Hamas officials delivered the message to UN humanitarian coordinator Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, whom they met at his office in Gaza last week, the publication reports .

The group said it would be prepared to carry out a violent attack in Israel, Judea, Samaria and abroad, and could strike wherever the opportunity arises.

They also told Alakbarov that Hamas is losing control over the Gaza Strip, due to continuing Israeli military operations, the shifting of the Yellow Line marking the border with Israel, and the cancellation of Palestinian elections scheduled for November by President Mahmoud Abbas.

Alakbarov relayed the message Wednesday to Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevy, Israel’s coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT), and a document detailing the Hamas leadership’s threats against Israel was urgently forwarded to the country’s political and security leadership.

Ynet reports that Hamas made clear that they were unwilling to accept the continuation of this situation, with Israeli officials said to have described the threat as “unprecedented” in its bluntness and directness.

It says the warning has intensified concerns within Israel’s security establishment that Hamas is preparing for another confrontation , with assessments recently presented to the security cabinet suggesting that Hamas has stepped up preparations for renewed fighting, accumulating weapons and personnel and transferring military equipment into civilian areas.

Israeli officials believe that Hamas expects Israel’s ability to undertake military operations to be constrained by the upcoming Israeli election and U.S. midterms, allowing the group to strengthen its position.

However, Ynet also reports that Hamas is no longer believed to be capable of launching an assault on the scale of the October 7 attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.

It also says that Hamas is facing a financial crisis and needs approximately 90 million shekels (US$29 million) a month simply to continue paying its operatives.

The publication refers to Israeli security estimates that put the number of Hamas personnel across the Gaza Strip at approximately 30,000, each of whom receives around 3,000 shekels ($970) a month.

Meanwhile, the Board of Peace, founded by U.S. President Donald Trump, called for Hamas to disarm under the July 30 Gaza Roadmap , which is a framework for implementing the U.S.-brokered plan to end the conflict.

Hamas agreed to disarm on July 31, but said it would not implement any part of the deal unless Israeli forces fulfilled their own obligations to withdraw from Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the 15-point plan in August, telling a cabinet meeting, “The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is disarmed.”

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A new report from the Fraser Institute notes that, of the 32 high-income countries offering universal health care, Canada ranks among the highest for spending but falls consistently at the bottom when it comes to results.

The report , “Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries,” by Mackenzie Moir and Nadeem Esmail, is the latest annual look at the topic by the Fraser Institute.

It examined countries that were members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), offered universal or near-universal and had a gross national income per capita of more than US$13,935. Of the 38 OECD countries, four — Mexico, Costa Rica, Estonia and the United States — do not have universal health care and two others — Türkiye and Colombia — did not meet the income cutoff.

Of the remaining 32 countries, Canada ranked second highest for spending as a percentage of GDP in 2024, the most recent year of comparable data. Only Chile spent more.

However, across 13 indictors of the availability of medical resources and timely access to medical services, Canada was generally below average among OECD countries.

Notably, it ranked 30th out of 32 countries for the availability of doctors, 26th out of 31 for hospital beds dedicated to physical care, 28th out of 31 for the availability of MRI machines, and 28th out of 31 for CT scanners.

More specifically, Canada was found to have 2.8 doctors per thousand people. The average was 4.1, and the top countries in the category — Greece, Austria, Iceland and Norway — had more than five per thousand people.

Canada fared better on availability of nurses, with 10.5 per thousand people where the average was 10.1. However, this put our country in 14th place for this measurement, with top countries Switzerland, Iceland, Luxembourg and Ireland all recording more than 16 nurses per thousand people.

Canada’s MRI machine tally was 10.7 per million residents, barely more than half the OECD average of 20.6 per million. CT and PET scanners were similarly near or below half the average in other countries. Canada had a better ranking for a type of scanner known as a gamma camera, placing third with 14.3 per million people. It also had 17.2 mammographs per million people, putting it in 13th place, though still below the average of 23.4.

Meanwhile, among the nine countries for which comparable wait times measures are available, Canada ranked dead last for the percentage of patients reporting they were able to make a same- or next-day appointment when sick, at 22 per cent.

When it came to timely access, our country also placed eighth out of nine for patients who waited more than one month to see a specialist (65 per cent) and had the highest percentage of patients (58 per cent) who waited two months or more for non-emergency surgery.

“There’s a clear imbalance between the high cost of Canada’s health-care system and the actual care Canadians receive,” said Nadeem Esmail, director of health policy studies at the Fraser Institute and co-author of the report.

The report did not make specific recommendations, but noted: “To improve health care for Canadians, our policymakers should learn from other countries around the world that also provide universal health care, often at lower costs to taxpayers and with significantly better access and shorter wait times.”

The methodology used in the report is based on that used in previous reports published between 2016 and 2025, the Institute said. It looked at 13 indicators, representing two broad categories: availability of resources, and access to resources.

It also noted that the population age profiles in the 32 countries vary significantly, and that older populations require higher levels of health-care spending. “For this reason, this study presents indicators measuring health-care expenditures and the availability of resources adjusted according to the age-profile of the country,” it added.

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Canadians in the Atlantic region and on the Prairies are most likely to think there are too many immigrants coming to this country while British Columbians and Quebecers are least likely to see it that way, according to a new poll.

When you look at all 10 provinces, 45 per cent of Canadians polled said we have too many immigrants, 31 per cent indicated we have about the right number, and 13 per cent said we don’t have enough, according to the poll conducted earlier this month by EKOS for the Association for Canadian Studies.

“We’re still seeing the large plurality of Canadians saying there are too many immigrants,” said Jack Jedwab, the association’s president.

“But clearly relative to the previous three years, we are seeing some change in feeling around that and some loosening of concern on the part of Canadians.”

Manitoba and Saskatchewan respondents were most likely to say Canada has too many immigrants (52 per cent), followed by Atlantic Canada (50 per cent), then Alberta and Ontario (both at 46 per cent).

British Columbians were least likely to say Canada has too many immigrants (39 per cent), followed closely by Quebecers (40 per cent).

The poll comes ahead of Mark Carney’s Liberal government announcing immigration levels for the next three years in the coming weeks before presenting a budget on Nov. 5.

British Columbians topped the list of those who said Canada has about the right number of immigrants (34 per cent), followed by Alberta and Quebec (both at 32 per cent). Those polled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan were least likely to say Canada has the right number of immigrants (26 per cent).

British Columbians were also the most likely to say Canada doesn’t have enough immigrants (18 per cent), followed by Quebec (16 per cent), Atlantic Canada (13 per cent), and Ontario (12 per cent).

Immigration concerns have declined across the board, but they’re still high in Atlantic Canada and lowest in B.C. and Quebec, according to the poll.

Quebecers were most likely to strongly agree with the need for a common set of values (42 per cent strongly agreed with that, and another 42 per cent somewhat agree).

Only 31 per cent of respondents in Manitoba and Saskatchewan strongly agreed with the need for a common set of values, while 42 per cent somewhat agreed.

But a near equal share believes cohesion requires people accepting others with different values, according to the poll.

In all 10 provinces, 40 per cent of respondents strongly agreed with that statement, while another 39 per cent somewhat agreed.

Those who indicated Canada has too many immigrants was down 13 percentage points from a separate Leger poll conducted in March 2025. Those who say we don’t have enough was up 10 percentage points over that same period.

In Atlantic Canada, the number of respondents indicating there are too many immigrants has dropped eight percentage points since March 2025, from 58 per cent to 50 per cent.

In B.C., that number dropped 17 percentage points from 56 per cent in March 2025 to 39 per cent. In Quebec it tumbled 18 percentage points to 40 per cent.

For all 10 provinces, immigration concerns have fallen 13 percentage points from March 2025 until this month, from 58 per cent to 45 per cent.

The new poll indicates a majority of Canadians believe that a cohesive society requires a common set of values. For all 10 provinces, 39 per cent of those polled strongly agreed with that sentiment, while 44 per cent somewhat agreed with it.

Among those who feel Canada has too many immigrants, 89 per cent say social cohesion requires shared common values. Sixty-four per cent of them say it requires accepting different values.

“The people who believe that we need shared common values for cohesion are far more inclined to say there are too many immigrants,” Jedwab said.

“On the other hand, those saying we need to accept different values are far more inclined to say that we’ve got about the right number or, in fact, not enough.”

Among those who say Canada has too many immigrants, 51 per cent indicated they’re very attached to Canada.

“These people are saying, ‘I don’t feel as good about Canada because there are too many immigrants,'” Jedwab said.

That attachment jumps to 70 per cent for the folks who think we have the right number of newcomers.

Immigrants are less likely than non-immigrants to feel that there are too many immigrants, according to the poll.

Among those born here, 47 per cent said we have too many immigrants, 31 per cent indicated the number’s about right, and 12 per cent indicated there’s not enough.

For those born outside Canada, 35 per cent said we have too many immigrants, 29 per cent said the number’s about right and 20 per cent said there’s not enough.

“Some of the softening we’re seeing in attitudes towards immigration seem to be coming from that immigrant cohort whose anxiety I think is also diminishing,” Jedwab said.

The survey of 1,222 Canadian adults was conducted online Oct. 9-15 using EKOS’ Probit research panel.

The national margin of error is ±2.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

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Well before last week’s tragedy at CFB Wainwright in Alberta, the Royal Canadian Legion had already decided this year’s national poppy campaign would begin earlier than it traditionally has.

But now, with four more brave soldiers killed during training exercises at the Canadian Armed Forces base, Canadians should have even more reason to wear a poppy in honour of the country’s fallen service members this Remembrance Day.

Royal Canadian Legion national spokesperson Nujma Bond told National Post the Legion was “profoundly saddened” by the tragedy in Wainwright.

“It is a stark reminder of the risks that members of the Canadian Armed Forces face on a daily basis and illustrates also why we cannot and must not ever forget this reality,” she wrote in an email.

Monday morning in Ottawa, attendees at the presentation of the first official poppy to Governor General Louise Arbour held a moment of silence for the four men and their scores of injured comrades.

“As we prepare to enter this year’s Poppy Campaign, this moment was a powerful reminder of the sacrifices made by those who serve our country,” the Legion wrote on its social media channels.

“Our hearts are with the families, loved ones and military community affected by this tragedy. We Will Remember Them.”

A solemn and emotional moment at Rideau Hall today.
During the First Poppy Presentation to the Governor General, those gathered paused for a moment of silence to honour the lives lost and those injured in the tragedy at CFB Wainwright.

As we prepare to enter this year's Poppy… pic.twitter.com/HlIpAorM6W

— The Royal Canadian Legion (@RoyalCdnLegion) October 21, 2026

Here’s what to know about the 2026 poppy campaign.

Why is the Royal Canadian Legion starting this year’s poppy campaign early?

Before this year, the Legion adhered to a Canadian Armed Forces dress protocol that the poppy be affixed to uniforms starting the last Friday in October.

Bond said they chose a “precise annual date” to make planning easier for all stakeholders.

“An earlier date also extends the Remembrance period for branches and allows them to start their campaigns when it works best for their communities,” she said. “It also allows a greater period of time for generous people to donate in support of our Veterans and families.”

The Canadian Armed Forces, meanwhile, announced last week that it would follow the Legion’s lead and require members to start wearing poppies on their uniforms as of Saturday.

“The October 24 start date will provide a consistent national period for remembrance activities in support of Veterans and their families,” the CAF wrote on Oct. 14 .

2026 National Poppy Campaign launches with a donation “first” … and stunning mural: Don’t forget to Remember.

The Royal Canadian Legion’s 2026 National Poppy Campaign launched today with a first: a new way for Canadians to donate to the campaign with their debit card, credit… pic.twitter.com/vRqffx5iuP

— The Royal Canadian Legion (@RoyalCdnLegion) October 24, 2026

What else is new about this year’s poppy campaign?

Aligning with the campaign’s Saturday start, the Legion will also launch the Don’t Forget to Remember initiative to mark its centenary this year.

It will include “the unveiling of a signature stand-alone display in Toronto’s Union Station, with other billboard and vertical versions circulating nationwide.”

“That same day, the Legion will unveil new technology in Canada — the first of its kind in a national fundraising campaign — which will facilitate a revolutionary and extremely convenient donation method.”

Bond the Don’t Forget to Remember initiative will be eye-catching and educational, while the new donation method “will help revolutionize and further modernize” the poppy campaign.

Beginning in 2026, The Royal Canadian Legion’s National Poppy Campaign will take place annually from October 24 to November 11.

The standardized campaign period will give more Canadians the opportunity to wear a Poppy, provide more time to raise funds in support of Veterans and… pic.twitter.com/SKXx782zwj

— The Royal Canadian Legion (@RoyalCdnLegion) September 8, 2026

Where does my poppy donation go?

While poppies are technically free, donations are welcomed and valued.

The money goes to a trust fund for the Legion in the area where the donation was made. That fund supports veterans, CAF and RCMP members and their families through financial aid, housing, healthcare, transition programs, education, accessibility, community services, disaster relief and Remembrance activities.

“Branch executives are accountable for Poppy Fund expenditures and are required to inform the public through local media of the results of their campaign, including contributions received and disposition of funds,” the Legion explains online.

Canadians can also donate to the National Poppy Fund online to help fund national programs and supports for veterans and their families.

The Legion says the national campaign generates close to $20 million annually.

Where can I get a poppy?

Like any year, it won’t be hard to find a poppy in Canada.

The Legion identified 29 major companies — mostly retailers and banks — collectively hosting thousands of poppy boxes, including Starbucks, which “will again collect local donations through point-of-sale systems,” and TD Bank, which will distribute poppies at all its Canadian branches.

RBC is also bringing back more than 2,000 of its Pay Tribute tap-enabled boxes “that enable Canadians to donate $5 with a simple tap of a payment card (credit or debit), or through their digital wallet on their mobile and wearable devices.”

Last year, those boxes alone brought in a record-setting $855,000 , the Legion said.

Of course, poppies are also available at almost 1,400 Legion branches throughout Canada.

You can also get your poppy — and other Remembrance-related merchandise — at the Legion’s Poppy Store or its Amazon storefront.

The Royal Canadian Legion is on Amazon?

This marks the third year the Legion has partnered with the tech giant’s Canadian arm to sell poppies, with all proceeds supporting trust funds throughout Canada.

“People across our vast country can fulfill their wish to wear a Poppy, including where there are no Legion branches or it is more difficult to find one,” the Legion said.

Last year, more than 50,000 poppies were distributed this wa y, about double the amount in the inaugural year.

Shoppers can donate $5, $10 or $20 for a traditional poppy , or pick up a more permanent 24K gold-plated poppy pin for about $22 after taxes. (Shipping is extra if you’re not an Amazon Prime member.)

They also sell a variety of Remembrance Day lapel pins, magnets and lawn signs , along with scarves, headwear, cross-body bags, mugs, and tote bags bearing the iconic flower . Also on offer are poppy-shaped LED lights and 1,000-piece puzzles marking the Legion’s centenary.

All of the products are also available at The Poppy Store.

My poppy keeps falling off — how can I keep it on?

If you don’t mind spending a few more dollars at the Legion’s storefront, you can get a 10-pack of black butterfly pin centres for about $23 after taxes that prevent the poppy from falling off.

For those seeking a more frugal approach, there are other ways to secure the poppy.

As reported by National Post in 2019 , some people have been known to stick a piece of pencil eraser or duct tape on the pointed end of the pin to keep it from falling out — and keep from getting stabbed by it. You can also bend the pin with a pair of pliers once inserted or better weave it into the fabric.

Some people swap the original pin for a safety pin, while others use a Canadian flag pin in the centre.

As for where the poppy is worn, the CAF has its own dress instructions on placement, but the Legion advises regular Canadians to wear it as close to the heart as possible on the left side of the chest.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Canada treats us very badly.”

“They are one of the worst countries in the world to deal with.”

“(Canada’s leaders) are nasty people.”

President Donald Trump has said plenty of negative things about Canada in recent years, especially on trade, yet Americans remain largely positive toward Canada.

A new Pew Research Center survey of American views of G20 countries had Canada topping the list alongside Australia. But the figures still reflect a decline: Americans’ average rating of Canada on a “feeling thermometer” ranging from zero to 100 fell from 71 in 2018 to 67 in 2026.

So why the four-point drop in America’s warm feelings toward its northern neighbour? In a word: Republicans.

Since 2018, the share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents with warm views of Canada fell from 59 to 50 per cent. Older Republicans were largely responsible for the decline, as those aged 50-plus saw their warm views drop from 61 to 47 per cent, while younger Republicans’ views had not significantly changed.

American Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, meanwhile, rated Canada 19 points higher than their Republican counterparts — one of the largest partisan gaps in the survey.

So is it fair to say that Canada is becoming a partisan issue in the United States?

“Yes,” said Laura Silver, associate director at Pew and an expert in international survey research. “That would be absolutely fair.”

“We did not see large partisan gaps when it came to views of Canada or perceptions of trade with Canada prior to recent years. But at this point, we’ve seen shifting views among Republicans, and as of now … the gap between partisans’ views of Canada is among the largest of any of the countries that we asked about.”

But does that widening divide mean Canada is increasingly being seen as aligned with the Democrats?

The Trump administration has portrayed some Canadian activities in explicitly partisan terms. This week, the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa released a “fact sheet” alleging potential election interference, highlighting Canadian officials’ meetings with Democrats and efforts to put economic pressure on Republican states. And last month, Peter Navarro, an adviser to President Donald Trump, warned Canadians that “if you interfere in our elections in Maine or Michigan you will pay even more dearly.”

But not everyone thinks Americans increasingly see Canada as being aligned with the Democrats.

Chris Kirkey, director of the Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Quebec Studies at State University of New York at Plattsburgh, sees similarities between some Canadian policies and Democratic priorities, but he does not think Americans largely regard Canada through a party-political lens.

“Canada has always been highly non-political in this country,” he said.

Brian Rathbun, professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, sees the cooling of Republican views as voters taking cues from their party’s leader or “cueing,” rather than anything specific about Canada. He sees Republicans downgrading Canada because of Trump’s negative comments about the country, not because of a substantive change in their own relationship with Canada.

“I don’t think it has anything to do with Canada per se,” he said, adding that he expects views to become more positive after Trump leaves office.

Silver noted that about half of Republicans said in 2023 that trade between the two countries benefited both equally. By March 2025, shortly after Trump returned to office and began verbally attacking Canada over trade, the share saying Canada benefited more had risen sharply. The findings are consistent with a “cueing” explanation, but cannot establish cause and effect, she said.

“We have cross-sectional data, not causal data,” she explained.

Speaking before the Pew survey’s release, Christopher Sands, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins, warned that blaming Canada for potential Republican midterm losses could make it harder for Ottawa to work with the party.

“It carries a certain risk that if Democrats do well but are nonetheless seen as the enemy and Canada is associated with just one party, then it becomes harder to have conversations with Republicans who you’ll need unless the Republicans are completely wiped out,” he said.

But Rathbun remains optimistic “that Canada is not going to become part of American polarization,” noting that while Canada is currently associated more with Democrats, he doubts this will last.

“I’m not worried about this becoming … part of MAGA lore … that Canadians are the enemy,” he said.

Silver suggested that negative feelings could fade if Canada becomes less prominent in Americans’ minds.

“When something is not particularly salient for the public, when they’re not thinking about it often, we can see kind of a reversion almost to the mean,” she said. But negative views could persist if the relationship remains economically consequential to Americans, she cautioned.

Even if American goodwill toward Canada rebounds, as he and other experts expect, Rathbun says the damage on the Canadian side is likely to last longer.

A Pew survey earlier this year showed that just 33 per cent of Canadians view the United States favourably, down 21 percentage points since 2024.

“Canadian attitudes towards Americans will probably be more negative for a longer period of time,” said Rathbun, noting that the confrontation and trade tensions are more consequential for Canadians.

“It affects them more; they think about it more.”

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At least seven people were killed and 28 injured on Friday after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a funeral at a Greek Orthodox Church in Hmoud, Jordan, government officials said.

Jordanian King Abdullah II said that those responsible for the terrorist attack near the city of Karak would meet “the harshest penalties.”

“Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in his endeavour before our steadfastness and unity,” Abdullah stated. “The blood of Jordanians is precious, and we will strike with an iron fist against anyone who attacks this country.”

The assailants reportedly remain at large. The BBC published video footage of the attack that appears to show at least three gunmen opening fire on the church.

The Jordanian prime minister declared three days of mourning in response to the attacks and said that flags would fly at half-mast throughout the country.

Christians make up about 2% of the population of Jordan, according to the 2025 edition of the CIA World Factbook.

Mohammad al-Momani, the Jordanian government spokesman, wrote on Friday that Christians are “an authentic and indivisible part of our national fabric” and “partners in Jordan’s history, present and future.”

Terrorist attacks in Jordan are rare. In 2016, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on the Crusader fortress in Karak that left 14 people dead, including a Canadian tourist.

Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called Friday’s news “devastating.”

“Praying for the victims, their families and all those affected by this depraved and brutal attack on a house of worship,” he wrote. “Attacks on Christians continue to escalate worldwide and must be stopped.”

A Member of European Parliament (MEP) said that becoming an associate member of the EU would turn Canada “into a living hell” and asked “is Mark Carney stupid enough to fall for it?” during a debate on Thursday.

Speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, ahead of the EU-Canada summit in Montreal next week, German MEP Christine Anderson accused the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, of looking to wipe out industry, censor speech and “flood” Canada with “even more illegal migrants.”

“Ursula von der Leyen wants to lure Canada into an associate membership of the EU,” she said. “Apparently (she) is no longer content with merely terrorizing the people in the EU with her insane regulations, bureaucracy, and cronyism.”

Arguing that von der Leyen’s motivations aren’t related to trade because CETA (an existing free-trade agreement between Canada and the EU) is already in place, Anderson said: “She is looking for yet another people whose industry she can wipe out, whose prosperity she can destroy, whose speech she can censor, and whose countries she can flood with even more illegal migrants, thus turning Canada into a living hell.

“The question is: Is Mark Carney stupid enough to fall for it, or will he do right by the Canadian people and tell Ursula von der Leyen to bugger off?”

Anderson suggested that if Canada were to become an associate member of the EU, “maybe a new freedom convoy would then be in order,” referring to the 2022 protests that were organized to oppose COVID restrictions.

++ Canada, It's a Trap! ++
Ursula #vonderLeyen wants to lure Canada into an associate EU membership.
Will Mark Carney do right and tell von der Leyen to bugger off? If he won't, then the Canadian people will have to fix it, and maybe a new freedom convoy would then be in order. pic.twitter.com/53Ej7AClaq

— Christine Anderson (@AndersonAfDMdEP) October 23, 2026

Later on in the debate, European Parliament Vice President Younous Omarjee reminded speakers to show respect to Carney during their comments. “You can of course criticize the gentleman, but some comments are not acceptable,” he said.

But not all the MEPs speaking at Thursday’s debate shared Anderson’s views. Members reacted to the scope of Canada’s proposed associate membership, which was outlined by European Commissioner Jozef Síkela at the start of the meeting and would involve supply-chain integration, the creation of a technology space for joint research, and coordinated economic-security policies.

Belgian MEP Kathleen Van Brempt said, “In a world filled with Trumps, Europe needs stable and reliable partners,” adding, “Canada is such a partner,” while Poland’s Dariusz Joński echoed this sentiment, saying: “We need reliable and strong allies, and Canada is one of them.

But French MEP Angéline Furet expressed concerns about the impact on European factories and industries, and Latvia’s Rihards Kols added that the EU does not need “quasi member states,” but instead needs “to deliver on the agreements that we have already signed.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the European Union’s invitation to become its first-ever “associate member” in September with a speech in the Parliament’s hemicycle in Strasbourg, which was well-received by the MEPs in the room — including Anderson’s colleague, Terry Reintke, who attended in a Sidney Crosby Team Canada jersey .

The summit in Montreal on Oct. 29 and 30 is expected to deepen the alliance between the EU and Canada, focusing on cooperation on trade, defence and security, technology, energy and critical minerals.

However, as Síkela noted in his address, negotiations remain ongoing and the scope of what associate membership would actually mean for Canada will be defined over the coming year. “Nothing is done until it’s done,” he said.

Meanwhile, Anderson stirred controversy in Canada in 2023 when she was denounced by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after meeting three Tory MPs.

Dean Allison, Colin Carrie and Leslyn Lewis were photographed having dinner with Anderson in February that year, drawing concern from Canadian groups including the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA).

We’re deeply concerned by CPC MPs @LeslynLewis @DeanAllisonMP @ColinCarrieCPC meeting with @AndersonAfDMdEP - a member of the far-right German AFD Party known for Islamophobic and anti-immigrant views. We raised this directly with @CPC_HQ. pic.twitter.com/DgG8m5UjPk

— CIJA (@CIJAinfo) February 24, 2023

Anderson represents the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which was classified as “extremist” by Germany’s spy agency in 2025 .

In a written statement responding to the concerns, Poilievre called Anderson’s views “racist, hateful” and “vile.”

“The MPs were not aware of this visiting member of the European Parliament’s opinions, and they regret meeting with her,” the statement said. “Frankly, it would be better if Anderson never visited Canada in the first place.”

Poilievre’s office also issued a separate statement attributed to the three MPs. “It is, of course, not uncommon for members of Parliament to meet with visiting elected officials from other countries,” it read, adding, “We were not aware of the views or associations of her and her political party. We do not share or endorse her views and strongly condemn any views that are racist or hateful.”

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TORONTO — “The poster child is lung cancer,” said Lillian Siu, a clinical trial specialist at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, over a bistro lunch on Thursday with Terry Fox’s family members and a few of the cancer researchers who will benefit from a record-breaking new donation in Fox’s name, publicly announced an hour earlier.

In cancer medicine, Siu said, many of the diagnostic concepts are blunt and outdated, such as describing lung cancer as either “small cell” or “non small cell” based on how tumours appear under a microscope. It makes every patient’s tumour seem the same as all the others, and so their prospects seem similar.

But lung cancers are not all the same. Now, the genetics of tumours can be sequenced, and often this reveals they come in genetic subtypes that respond to certain treatments and not others.

Tumours might look the same, but to genomic sequencing they reveal their specific “vulnerabilities,” Siu said. So, in this emerging science, lung cancer is recognized as having many subgroups, and people who recently might have been expected to die quickly can now expect to live 10 years or more if they have a certain type that is vulnerable to a targeted genetic intervention.

Cancer is a genetic disease, Siu said. As with lung cancer, so with all the others. The cancer that killed Terry Fox, for example, osteosarcoma, had a 20 per cent survival rate after five years in 1980, when he ran his Marathon of Hope. Today it is 80 per cent.

This is the promise of “precision medicine,” the underlying principle of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network, the manifestation of Fox’s dream that was the focus of Thursday’s announcement.

Marco Marra, a medical geneticist at the University of British Columbia and Terry Fox Leader in Cancer Genome Science, called it “the ultimate tribute” to Fox, a network connecting the research of more than 1,300 scientists among 57 cancer centres across the country.

These include melanoma researcher Ian Watson of McGill University. He said melanoma has gone from a cancer that was incurable to one that responds to precision-targeted genetic treatment leading to “curative outcomes.” His goal is that these outcomes should be within reach for all late-stage melanoma patients. Precision medicine, based on biomarkers in each patient’s genome, has “transformed the landscape,” he said.

“We know the model works, but now we need to take it further,” said Marra.

The first phase of Marathon of Hope network, launched in 2019, involved research on tissue samples from biobanks. Some were from patients who gave samples prospectively when they were diagnosed. Some were from people who were dead.

Phase two will use genomic information directly from actual current patients, and use to this to devise targeted treatments focused on the promise of genetic biomarkers for personalized medicine.

“It’s more challenging,” Siu said, and the goal remains lofty, to sequence the genome of each patient newly diagnosed with cancer. There can be inefficiencies, seeking out more genetic information than is needed to treat the cancer. But the promise is massive.

Now, it is also well-funded by both government and philanthropy.

At the ceremony Thursday in Toronto to unveil a new short video that illustrates the network’s activities, with music by Leslie Feist, the Terry Fox Foundation announced its largest single gift ever.

Larry Tanenbaum, a part owner of the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and his wife Judy, gave $25 million from their family foundation, which is matched by the federal government for a $50-million influx of actual funding for this phase two of the network.

“Progress is real, but it is not yet enough,” Tanenbaum said.

As a thank you, former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Darryl Sittler presented the Tanenbaums with a framed photograph of Sittler presenting Fox with Sittler’s 1980 NHL All Star Game jersey before a welcoming crowd at Toronto’s City Hall during his run in 1980.

“I was Terry’s hero. He was mine,” Sittler said.

“He asked all of us to keep going,” said Fred Fox, Terry’s older brother.

He said Terry did not run to become a famous Canadian hero, though he did, perhaps the greatest in that pantheon. He simply ran to raise money to help people with cancer, with a provisional goal of a dollar from every Canadian, which in 1980 would have been just shy of $25 million, a total that has been long since surpassed. The Terry Fox Foundation has raised more than $1 billion since he died on June 28, 1981.

Fox ran every day for 143 days in the summer of 1980, from the Atlantic Ocean to the north shore of Lake Superior, where he learned his cancer had spread to his lungs, forcing him to stop. A statue marks this place today, outside Thunder Bay. He died the next year, age 22, the youngest ever Companion of the Order of Canada, its highest rank.

A newly released documentary film, Run Terry Run, is compiled of behind the scenes footage from his run, from reels that had been unwatched for years.

His niece, Kirsten Fox, who works in community development for the Terry Fox Foundation in B.C. and Yukon, said they were rediscovered in storage at a sweetspot in time, early enough that they had not physically deteriorated, and late enough that the cost of digitization had become affordable. She described some of its poignant scenes, including Terry leaving the highway for a swim and the boyish joy he displayed.

After the ceremony Thursday, a long-time Terry Fox Run participant strode away across the cobblestones of Toronto’s historic Distillery District.

“He and I would have made a great pair,” said Bill McGuire, meaning he still has his right leg, and Terry had his left.

McGuire lost his leg to a similar type of cancer, sarcoma. He has done the Terry Fox Run for 37 years, first on two legs, then in a wheelchair and for the past two decades on just one leg and crutches, as he does not like his prosthetic. Lately, he has raised about $20,000 each time.

In 1980, McGuire was an avid runner, even doing marathons, and he recalls being amazed to hear of this young guy running across the country. “He wasn’t looking to sell ads on his T-shirt. He’s just doing it,” McGuire said. He was a “quintessential Canadian.”

McGuire reflects that his own experience with cancer has made him a better person, no longer “borderline jaded” as before, but grateful, hopeful, and appreciative of the chance to carry on Fox’s fundraising legacy.

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