Conservatives in Canada gained control of the country yesterday, as elections handed Stephen Harper’s party a plurality of the votes, meaning Canada’s next government is set to be center-right for the first time in decades. The liberal PM has already stepped down. This is good news for the United States, because the new leader is more interested in strengthening ties between the two countries.

But you probably wouldn’t know that by looking at any of the major papers this morning. Results of Canada’s historic vote isn’t featured prominently, if at all, at CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC News, Yahoo News or MSNBC. There are small “top news” links at Fox News, BBC News, Google News, CBS News and USA Today, but none of these run a sub-head or a photo on the front page.

Locally, it’s the sixth story listed in the Commercial Appeal, after stories on a drug raid in Texas, the Senate committee vote on Alito, a plane crash in Missouri, the ongoing Sen. Ford snafu and a Florida man who was freed from prison.

It’s a pattern.