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The NDP leadership hopefuls admitted their French skills fell short during the campaign’s first debate in Montreal, where much of the discussion shifted into English.

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current Mercator projection.

The deal gives the NDP's razor-thin majority breathing room to survive confidence votes in the term to come.

Churchill made the announcement today at the Liberal caucus office in Halifax, saying he will be replaced on an interim basis by Derek Mombourquette.

An upcoming byelection in Montreal will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections, breaking a record set earlier this summer in Toronto. 

The McDougall Creek wildfire razed 191 homes in West Kelowna, Kelowna, Westbank First Nation. A year later, the devastation is still visible and rebuilding has barely begun.

There are few — if any — modern U.S. presidents who have managed to garner as much media attention as Trump, Darrell Bricker, Ipsos public affairs CEO, told Global News.

Sri Lanka's ruling party cruised to victory Friday in parliamentary elections but fell short of the two-thirds majority that would have allowed President Mahinda Rajapakse to amend the constitution.

Parliamentary process isn’t usually a sexy topic, but it’s become the ultimate hot-button in the 2011 election thanks to the word coalition.

Today's federal election stands to make history - and not just because Stephen Harper is on the cusp of joining John A. Macdonald and John Diefenbaker as the only Conservatives ever to win three consecutive terms in office.

Campaigning in Tommy Douglas country Monday, Jack Layton was unfazed by the fact the NDP hasn't got a single seat in the birthplace of the party and is confident all that will change on election day.

OTTAWA - Family, willingness to move, and work-life balance are the key factors affecting whether Mounties seek promotion, says a new RCMP report released amid concerns of sexism and harassment within the force.

JERUSALEM - They spent their journalistic careers analyzing, covering and skewering Israel's politicians. Now, a striking number are vying to join their ranks.

HALIFAX - The group that represents Nova Scotia's Acadian population says it will launch a court challenge to quash a newly redrawn electoral map that it says will silence the voices of French-speaking people in the provincial legislature.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government is intent on giving Ontario, Alberta and B.C. more seats in the House of Commons, and that Quebec's share will be fair based on its population.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government is intent on giving Ontario, Alberta and B.C. more seats in the House of Commons, and that Quebec's share will be fair based on its population.

WINNIPEG - Low voter turnout has become a lot like bad weather — something everyone talks about, at least around election time, but something that seems beyond remedy.

RABAT, Morocco - An Islamist party is on track to become the largest group in Morocco's new parliament with a dominant showing after two-thirds of the seats were announced by the Interior Ministry on Saturday.

OTTAWA - NDP leadership hopeful Brian Topp is advancing a new reason to abolish Canada's unelected Senate: its potential to paralyze a national New Democrat government.

HALIFAX - NDP MP Nathan Cullen said he's "doubling down" on the idea of joining forces with the Liberals in the next election, moments after a debate during which he came under fire from his party leadership rivals over the contentious proposal.