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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.

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.

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.

MEXICO CITY - A month into Mexico's breakneck campaign season, the movie-star handsome candidate of the former ruling party is 20 percentage points ahead of his two main rivals and drawing tens of thousands of cheering supporters to tightly choreographed rallies that feel as much like victory celebrations as campaign events.

TORONTO - Ontario's First Nations face a justice and jury system in a state of crisis that requires urgent action, former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci reported Tuesday.

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.

Vote counting began Sunday with analysts forecasting that some sort of coalition is inevitable. Full results are expected in two days.

Victims and survivors of sexual misconduct in the military testified they were unhappy with recent experiences of trying to report sexual misconduct to male investigators.

After the Liberals finish celebrating their comeback victory, they’ll have to govern. And they have a tough set of promises to live up to.

The "limited services" in the Canadian justice system focused on aboriginals and the mentally ill pose obstacles to helping reduce the numbers of both groups as offenders and victims.

While it's true that more testing will inevitably uncover more cases, 'what's happening now is not the same as what happened back in March,' said one expert.