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 ...

Jack Layton's family, friends and politicians from all parties joined thousands of members of the public to celebrate the life of the NDP leader at a state funeral Saturday in Toronto, where he was ...

Jack Layton’s family will be in his hometown of Hudson to lay some of his ashes and plant a memorial tree at the family’s cemetery plot. The New Democratic Party leader died Aug.22 of cancer. He was ...

Jack Layton's hearse left a Toronto funeral home in the pre-dawn hours, heading to Ottawa, where his body will lie in state. Visitation in the House of Commons will begin at 11 a.m., according to the ...