OTTAWA, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Canadian government will conduct an unprecedented state funeral for the leader of the socialist opposition party who died of cancer in Toronto. Jack Layton, 61, battled ...
In Canada, a state funeral was held on Saturday for opposition leader Jack Layton, who died last week from cancer. Layton headed the left-leaning New Democratic Party and oversaw its rise from the ...
Canada's opposition socialist party has elected a new leader who vowed to bring down Conservative rule in the next federal election. Powerful politicians of all stripes put politics aside in Toronto ...