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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.

Calgarians have gone to the polls more than 150 times over the years for things like daylight saving time, fluoridation, the ward system and the building of infrastructure.

Female employees in Canadian banks earn 18.4 per cent less per hour in wages than their male colleagues, according to data made public by the federal government.

As Canada grapples with a rapidly aging demographic, experts are sounding the alarm on the increasing mental and physical health impacts of loneliness and social isolation.

It's going to take Robert Rohr quite a while to process his first day as a Canadian citizen.

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.