- The US goes to the polls today in the midterm elections; stay tuned for the outcome. In addition to Congress, the midterms include referenda being held in various states, notably one in California on instituting a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires.
- A Learjet 60 business jet dived almost vertically into the ground from over 30,000 ft in Palm Beach County, Florida on the weekend, killing the crew of two and all seven passengers and making a large crater in the ground. One person on the ground was injured as well. More information, including ATC audio, may be found here.
- The Ford government in Ontario has altered the province's building code to facilitate their plans to keep more prisoners detained on remand. Under the old rules, sleeping areas in provincial jails had to have a minimum of 4.7 m2 of floor space per prisoner, but there is now no minimum. Even the old rules gave less space than is recommended by many; the UK-based National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders recommends a minimum of 5.4 m2 per person. In Canadian federal prisons the minimum is 6.5 m2.
- An apparent malfunction at a Winnipeg sewage treatment plant resulted in 9.8 million litres of raw sewage spilling into the Red River. Two automated bypass gates reportedly activated unexpectedly, and an alarm that was supposed to notify staff of this did not go off.
- A leader in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets sustained what are described as life-altering injuries after being assaulted in Hamilton on the weekend. Police say the man confronted a group of boys who blew an air horn at a group of cadets who were selling Remembrance Day poppies outside a restaurant, and followed them inside, only to be attacked by them along with a 48 year old woman. The woman and one of the boys, aged 12, have been charged with aggravated assault.
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