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Plus: Canada's latest employment numbers are out, Health Canada has authorized Moderna's mRNA vaccine for flu season, Pope Leo is getting ready to tour South America, and did the Dems win or did Trump really lose the U.S. midterms - Caryn Ceolin hosts a new episode of The Big Story.

The Blue Tsunami is starting to sink in for the U.S. G.O.P. who suffered a devastating loss in the midterms this week. Not only did the Democrats take control of Congress, they were able to successfully flip quintessential red states such as Texas, Maine and Kansas. The question remains though, what is left of Trump's Republicans? Now that he essentially failed the referendum, the future of his power and party seems to be more unclear than ever. Host Caryn Ceolin welcomes back Aaron Rupar, publisher of the Public Notice newsletter to discuss where the reigning Democrats go from here, and how the Republicans will pick up the pieces.

Plus: Two more soldiers, injured in last month's devastating military base fire at C-F-B Wainwright Alberta, have been released from hospital. Canadian Astronaut Joshua Kutryk steps outside the international space station. Multiple flights in Europe have been diverted, or forced to make emergency landings, because of bomb threats. British actor Russell Brand is facing jail-time for rape and sexual assault.

Aquaculture was designed to relieve pressure off of the world's fish supply. Instead, it's compromised it. Small fish are farmed, cooked, and grounded into fishmeal at the more than 1400 fishmeal factories across the world - nine of which are located in Canada. The conditions inside and around these factories and boats threaten communities, local economies and dozens of lives. Host Maria Kestane speaks to Maya Martin and Susan Ryan from the Outlaw Ocean Project to discuss their investigation into the fishmeal industry, and what consumers should know before choosing tonight's dinner. To read the entire investigation, head to https://theoutlawocean.com/ Photo credit: Clément Tardif/Greenpeace

Plus: Unpacking the U.S. midterm election results on The Big Story podcast - looking at key races and Canadian implications. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's ability to strike trade deals elsewhere is no longer a sticking point in its negotiations with Washington since his weekend conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump. Some fiscal watchers think the federal Liberal government painted itself into a corner with a raft of spending commitments over the summer. Carney says Russia will be barred from attending next month's World Junior Hockey Championship in Alberta.

Americans have overwhelmingly brought about a blue tsunami. Several deep-red states have been flipped blue, including Kansas, Texas, Maine, Iowa and others. Meantime, President Trump has agreed to acknowledge the midterm election results and work with the Democrats.   Host Maria Kestane follows along the races across the U.S. and breaks down the results so far with co-host Caryn Ceolin and Mitch Burke, managing editor and anchor for 680 NewsRadio Toronto.

Plus: today on The Big Story - host Caryn Ceolin speaks with political science professor Robert Speel about the U.S. election's impact on Canadians, new reports from the Salvation Army and Daily Bread Food Bank show grim numbers around food insecurity, Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with Commonwealth leaders in Antigua, Montreal's police force has cut seven officers for racist and discriminatory conduct, and charges placed have an assault at a mall restaurant in Hamilton, Ontario.

It's a day the U.S. Democrats have been waiting for, and one that's been keeping Republicans up at night. Americans will head to the polls to vote in the 2026 midterm election to determine who will makeup the U.S. Congress. Preliminary polls show the Democrats are positioned to successfully flip the House of Representatives, while the race for the Senate remains more contested. Host Caryn Ceolin speaks to Robert Speel, a political science and public administration professor at Penn State Behrend College and Toronto Metropolitan University. The two discuss key races to watch out for, what Canadians should be taking note of as results roll in and how the Canada-US trade war may be playing a bigger role than U.S. President Trump wants to believe.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Federal Government to restore its promise to make life affordable for Canadians. One Canadian was killed in the high-speed train crash in Spain last week. In Michigan, supporters of Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed pushed for their party in a tight race for a U.S. senate seat in tomorrow's midterm elections. US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra believes Canadians are interfering in the U.S. midterm election.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called for the Indian Act to be abolished, which was met with echoes from Prime Minister Mark Carney who agreed that it should be scrapped. The act was passed in 1876 with aims of assimilating Indigenous populations into Eurocentric ways of living through legislation that governs where they live, where their kids go to school, and who they are. Host Maria Kestane speaks to John Borrows, the Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto's faculty of law. They discuss the different approaches that could help repeal and replace the act, and why other Indigenous leaders believe Ottawa should keep it right where it is. John Borrows is a leading voice in Indigenous governance across Canada. Read his latest book here: The Seven Cycles of Life by John Borrows | Penguin Random House Canada