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The Liberals and New Democrats signed an agreement on Monday to form an unprecedented coalition government, with a written pledge of support from the Bloc Québécois, if they are successful in ousting the minority Conservative government in a coming confidence vote.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the Liberals of playing the 'biggest political game in history' during a heated question period in the House of Commons on Monday.

The benchmark TSX index took a record dive Monday, dropping 864.41 points, or 9.3 per cent, to 8,406.21.

Dozens of Canadian tourists - stranded in Bangkok when anti-government protesters seized the city's two main airports - will fly out of Thailand on Tuesday, one traveller told the Canadian Press.

An Alberta man admitted to a jury Monday that he killed his girlfriend's parents in an unplanned attack, but said he had nothing to do with the stabbing death of her eight-year-old brother.

Promising a White House filled with vigorous debate, U.S. president-elect Barack Obama named Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and asked the Republican-appointed defence secretary to remain on the job.

Hunters in the Baffin Island community of Pond Inlet continue to cull hundreds of narwhals trapped in the sea ice near their community, as the total of harvested whales reached 575 over the weekend.

Quebec provincial police confirmed Monday that Hubert (Pit) Martin died Sunday in a snowmobile accident in northwestern Quebec. He was 64.

Venus and Jupiter will appear close together in the evening sky alongside a thin crescent moon, creating a brief unhappy face, but overcast skies will likely prevent most Canadians from seeing it.

A tugboat narrowly avoided sinking after running aground on a reef on the west coast of Vancouver Island Sunday evening.

A service was held Monday morning to help the young students of a Vancouver elementary school try to understand the deaths of two young friends.

Chicago police said Monday they have arrested William Balfour, the estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister, for the murders of three members of her family.

A worldwide drive to test one million people for HIV in the week ahead of World AIDS Day on Monday has been highly successful, a U.S. AIDS group said.

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season set several weather records, including for the number of strong storms and for repeatedly striking the same areas.

Recordings of a private NDP caucus meeting prove opposition efforts to unseat the government aren't linked to the economic downturn but are a simple power grab, says a Conservative MP.