CBC News politics

Ninety-eight new MPs are in Ottawa to learn how to manage their budgets, get their parking passes and, later on, protect their sanity.

The Bloc Québécois and the New Democratic Party have asked Elections Canada to conduct recounts in three ridings where the races were settled by only a few hundred votes.

After holding off for five days, Canada has joined with the U.S., EU and several South American governments in calling for Bolivia to hold a second-round runoff vote pitting President Evo Morales directly against opposition leader Carlos Mesa. This follows an OAS audit of the vote that found evidence of fraud.