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Conservatives win majority government
Canadians have handed Prime Minister Stephen Harper his first-ever majority government, in a historic result that also saw the mighty Liberals decimated and the separatist movement in Quebec all but obliterated.
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Thanks to Quebec, Jack Layton makes 'surreal' gains
Going into Monday's election, the NDP had only voted two Quebec MPs into the House of Commons in its 50-year history and had never been the Official Opposition.
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Election law broken as users take to Twitter
It took less than 30 minutes for users on Twitter to break a law preventing the premature publication of election results, a move that propelled the topic to become a trending topic on the global social network.
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Hoax calls try to mislead voters on polling stations
Elections Canada warned Canadians on Monday to ignore any automated phone messages claiming that their polling station had been moved.
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Suspect sought after alleged theft of ballot box in N.S.
Police in northern Nova Scotia are investigating a ballot box theft after someone allegedly took one of the boxes from a returning office in the federal riding of Central Nova.
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Manitoba flood evacuees vote at mobile polls
Flooding was having an impact on voting in some Manitoba communities, but Elections Canada knows things could have been a lot worse.
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