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Peter Julian, the NDP critic for Energy and Natural Resources, will be the featured guest at an informal round table in Nelson hosted by MP Alex Atamanenko and the West Kootenay EcoSociety.

Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz says he is disappointed in the spending scandal dogging P.E.I. Senator Mike Duffy, but he believes Islanders should not feel it reflects negatively on the province.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is slated to start an official visit to Germany late Saturday, the last leg of his first overseas trip since taking office in March.

Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and provincial Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil make their way through a crowd of supporters during the party's rally at Pier 21 in Halifax on Friday.

The suspected hitman wanted by police for the assassination attempt on People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul has died of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Voters in the Armidale region of northern New South Wales go to the polls tomorrow to choose a successor to independent state MP Richard Torbay.

Wall says he now believes it would be easier to scrap Parliament's chamber of sober second thought than try to change it.

By Frank Bucholtz - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: May 24, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: May 24, 2013 10:10 AM Surrey and Delta issues will get plenty of attention in the next four years, with a strong contingent of MLAs backing the government of re-elected Premier Christy Clark.

Passing a balanced budget, going on a trade mission to Asia, and establishing labour peace with teachers are among B.C. Premier Christy Clark's top priorities as she announced she will recall the legislature this summer.

Traveling with a delegation of business leaders, Abe was to arrive in Yangon Friday evening for a three-day trip, and will meet President Thein Sein on Sunday in Naypyitaw, officials from his office said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on Friday formally denied months-long rumours that the premier had not moved into his official residence over fears the mansion is haunted.

Premiers Christy Clark of B.C. and Alison Redford of Alberta. Premiers Christy Clark of B.C. and Alison Redford of Alberta.

Two Sasakatoon high schools and the Shaw Centre are on lockdown while Saskatoon police investigate a report of a boy possibly armed with a gun.

Radio-Canada's investigative program EnquAate has discovered that the practice of offering cash-stuffed envelopes to politicians in Laval dates back decades, with former a PQ premier adding his personal story to the growing collection.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 22, 2013.

Finance Minister Charles Sousa says he fought against a proposed Mississauga plant before being elected as an MPP in 2007 and held that position in opposition to his own government, until the plant was cancelled.

EVEN if Tony Abbott were caught streaking naked down Collins Street in Melbourne the Coalition would probably still win the looming election, former Federal Treasurer Peter Costello says.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev asked the Socialists to form a coalition Cabinet after ex-Premier Boyko Borissov, the winner of May 12 elections , rejected the offer as he lacks sufficient parliamentary support.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will stand with four of Canada's closest friends in the Americas on Thursday as they work to knock down walls and become one of the world's premier trading blocs: the Pacific Alliance.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was expected in Athens on Thursday for a meeting with Greece's government leader Antonis Samaras.