Morning Update: Today’s U.S. midterm election
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Alnwick News
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Politics & Government
PM Carney makes the rounds at Commonwealth summit as MPs circle back to budget bill
What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.
U.S. midterm polls open on a consequential vote for Americans and Trump
The Democrats hope to flip control of the Senate and House of Representatives to wrest power away from Trump and his Republican Party.
If the Democrats win the U.S. midterms, what would change for Canada?
Democratic candidates have seized on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies and trade war against Canada, linking them to affordability struggles.
Retired Air Force Pilot with ALS is pushing for research funding in federal budget
Studies have found a potential link between ALS diagnoses and military service
Business & Economy
Ottawa's focus groups report low awareness of federal deficit, budget updates
The Liberal government is getting ready to table its 2026 budget on Thursday — but Ottawa’s own focus groups suggest Canadians aren’t watching the state of the federal purse too closely.
Conservatives urge ethics commissioner to probe Carney’s Telesat connections
The Conservatives have asked Canada’s ethics commissioner to examine the connections between Prime Minister Mark Carney and a CEO whose company received a multi-billion-dollar government contract...
Blame Canada: Five charts capture Trump’s growing hostility toward his northern neighbour
If it feels like anti-Canada sentiment has risen dramatically of late, the numbers back that up
Americans head to the polls for midterm election referendum on Trump's tenure
Americans head to the polls Tuesday to vote in U.S. midterm elections that will serve as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s chaotic and controversial second term.
In new memoir, Harper says he offered Carney a job — but not finance minister
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he offered Mark Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, a role in his Conservative government in 2012 — though not as finance minister. Not right...
Environment & Climate
Farm workers are falling sick in a Kenyan horticultural town. Were they poisoned by pesticides?
Timau’s industry has provided local Kenyans with an economic lifeline. But now, many believe it has made them seriously illWhen Reuben Muriki fainted while doing a chore in the compound of his home...
UK ministers told not to engage formally with Indian mega-zoo after lobbying
Guardian and Mongabay reveal approaches to officials and MPs on behalf of Vantara zoo ahead of UK-chaired Cites meeting on endangered animal importsBritish government ministers were told not to...
Country diary: The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic | Mark Cocker
Hortobágy, Hungary: Their sheer size is striking enough, but the noise is something else, especially when they gather in huge migratory flocksWith a standing height of 1.4 metres, common cranes are...