This past election underscores the need to revamp the leaders' debates process, says Bill Kelly.

Elections Canada said the recount was "terminated on request" by the NDP candidate, and that the result is unchanged.

Conservative Nelly Shin beat NDP candidate Bonita Zarillo by just 153 votes in the hotly contested riding.

Courts in Quebec and British Columbia have ordered recounts in two ridings where the runners-up are hoping a review could snatch victory from the jaws of ever-so-narrow defeat.

There's a frenzy of speculation around the future of Scheer that some insiders say is completely overblown, noting neither the Liberals nor NDP are seeing the same focus on their futures despite both having disappointing election results.

MacKay delivered a blistering critique Wednesday of Andrew Scheer, calling the current Conservative leader's social conservative values a ``stinking albatross'' around his neck that cost the party the election.

Conservative Nelly Shin narrowly beat NDP candidate and three-term Coquitlam city councillor Bonita Zarrillo in Port Moody-Coquitlam.

The European Union and Germany say they appreciate the ``continuity'' in Canadian climate change policy that will result from the federal election result.

Chrystia Freeland will likely have her pick of ministries in the next cabinet, and Matthew Fisher says she'll likely want to stay put as foreign minister.

More than 1,500 candidates went down to defeat on Monday, 49 of whom were incumbents. Now, a group of ex-parliamentarians wants to help those former MPs.