Good morning. Americans have voted in a clear rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term. More on that below, along with updates in the hockey world and artificial intelligence investments.
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People vote at a 148-year-old former one-room schoolhouse on Tuesday.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
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Democrats win control of U.S. House and Senate
The Democratic Party has won back control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate after voters in midterm elections vented their anger at President Donald Trump over high prices driven by his war on Iran and tariffs on nearly every country in the world, including Canada.
In state after state, contest after contest, Americans took out their resentments on a political figure who himself has been a master of the politics of resentment, writes David Shribman.
Here are five highlights from an election night full of game-changing results. Keep following the results with our live updates online.
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King Charles, centre, poses with leaders, from left, of Ghana, Britain, Mauritius, Tonga, Canada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines at a reception for Commonwealth Heads of Government in Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
From the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
King Charles III referred to slavery as evil during an address to a summit of Commonwealth leaders but stopped short of apologizing for Britain’s role in the slave trade or mentioning reparations. The King was in Antigua and Barbuda at the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Canada connection: Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was in attendance, called for expanded trade with the Caribbean. Ahead of the trip, Antigua’s high commissioner to Canada said he hopes that Canada’s relationship with the Caribbean, which used to be closer, can now be rebuilt.
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Canada’s Alex Newhook (15) scores on Russia’s Yaroslav Askarov during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press
Russia won’t be allowed to compete at world juniors
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will bar Russia from playing in next month’s world junior hockey championship in Alberta despite a court ruling last week that readmitted the country to international play almost five years after its military invaded Ukraine.
The details: Hockey Canada said it will be meeting with its board of directors this week to discuss “next steps given the government’s clear position.” The world juniors begin Dec. 26 in Edmonton and Red Deer.
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Dr. Omolayo Famuyide at her Winnipeg clinic on Sept. 25.Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail
Canadians turn to private clinics for menopause care
Four in 10 Canadian women don’t know where to get treatment for menopause symptoms, which can vary from mild to overwhelming, according to a 2026 Ipsos survey for GreenShields. Desperate for treatment, some are turning to private or virtual clinics. Many remedies on offer are costly. Not all are effective or safe.
The context: The Globe and Mail recently reported that Canada is lagging other countries in taking steps to improve access to care. In June, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada warned that a two-tiered health system is emerging in which women are forced to pay for basic health care.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney announces a federal investment of up to $1.6-billion in AI company Cohere in Montreal on Oct. 29.ALEXIS AUBIN/AFP/Getty Images
Ottawa’s mega-investment in Cohere sparks debate
The federal government’s $1.6-billion direct investment in Cohere – unprecedented for a single private tech company – has kicked off a debate among tech founders and policy experts about sovereignty, and how best to support the country’s AI sector.
More movements: Toronto AI chatbot company Ada has agreed to merge with U.S. company Dialpad in a $600-million deal, said two sources familiar with the matter.
The Take
Police can insist that they’re doing everything right, but unless they actually try to make that case, the public will carry on believing otherwise.
— Robyn Urback, current affairs columnist
“Just trust us” is a bad police communications strategy, writes current affairs columnist Robyn Urback. Most people will infer that something has gone wrong when a man now wanted in a violent home invasion is attended to by police in hospital, then permitted to go on his merry way.
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Ashes in various columbaria at Po Fook Hill Cemetery in Hong Kong are often sealed behind marble slabs bearing the photos and names of those interred.James Griffiths/The Globe and Mail
Asia correspondent James Griffiths reports on a recent string of peculiar thefts: the missing ashes of Hong Kong celebrities.
The Wrap
What else we’re following
At home: One person is dead and another is missing after a suspected grizzly bear attack near Bella Coola, B.C., a year after an attack on a group of schoolchildren in the same community.
In Alberta: The province has tabled a bill to end the tuition hike cap and bar schools from taking official positions on sensitive ideological and political matters.
Abroad: Qatar has stepped up efforts to mediate, but Iran and the United States are still far from a deal to end their war.
Achieve: Waterloo battery researcher Linda Nazar will be awarded Canada’s top science prize when she receives the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
Plane: A piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida, killing all nine people aboard, was found more than six kilometres from the crash site, investigators said, confirming that the plane was breaking apart before impact.
Probe: Canadian film financier Jason Cloth perpetrated securities fraud by misappropriating investors’ funds, including by diverting $53.8-million to real estate projects, capital markets tribunal finds.
Promise: Trump said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop US$4-billion in annual funding to Israel after this year.