VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Canada's Parliament in Ottawa had its first Green Party member Monday after an independent told reporters he had signed on to the fringe environmental group.

OTTAWA, April 16 (UPI) -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police armed with a search warrant raided the Conservative party headquarters in Ottawa in an investigation into 2006 election spending.

OTTAWA, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Canada’s chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand said veiled woman won't be required to show their faces to vote in upcoming elections.

MONTREAL, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Elections Canada has ruled that veiled Muslim women can vote in three by-elections in Quebec this month without showing their faces.

EDMONTON, Alberta, May 15 (UPI) -- Two Edmonton teenagers have lost their battle to lower the legal voting age to 16 in Canada.

TORONTO, June 28 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court of Canada has handed the Communist Party a victory in its battle against national election laws.

True to its reputation as an international peacekeeper, Canada is quietly working behind the scenes to broker a new deal for Iraq.