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The Liberals handily clinched three federal byelections last night, and the results will have knock-on effects for more than just Prime Minister Mark Carney. From what the votes mean for parliamentary stability, to what one notable defeat could stir up for dissatisfied Conservatives, here’s what you need to know.

The trio of wins puts the Liberals at 173 seats in the House of Commons. This means the governing party has re-established its majority standing, which technically slipped over the summer months due to a series of resignations.

This reinjection of stability could see the Liberals hold on to power for years, and at the very least ensures they will have the numbers on their side in any votes of confidence, with the House of Commons fall sitting kicking off on Sept. 21.

A majority of Americans oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s moves last week to raise taxes on imported Canadian goods and his order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, showed Americans are wary of the feud with Canada — for decades a top U.S. trading partner — which has escalated since trade talks between the two countries collapsed and Trump last week ordered the hike in tariffs on Canadian goods.

Only 20 per cent of poll respondents supported higher tariffs on Canadian goods compared to 57 per cent who opposed them and 21 per cent who couldn’t say where they stood. About one in five poll respondents hadn’t heard about the development.

Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones.

The combined deaths in Nepal and China surpassed 950, with more than 4,400 people missing. A private-sector association representing power companies said at least 900 workers were unaccounted for at 12 hydropower projects damaged by the flash floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.

About 500 of those workers were believed to be trapped in tunnels. At least one expert said that some workers could have access to oxygen, but others warned that the chances of finding survivors were diminishing. As the rescue efforts intensified, four bodies were recovered from three mud-filled tunnels, Nepal’s army said.

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