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For those watching the debate, it stood out. Horgan with a scowl on his face, as both Clark and Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver chuckled.

But ‘don’t touch me’ isn’t working out quite as well for B.C. NDP leader John Horgan, who’s making national headlines for his scrappy and aggressive debate behaviour — which led to a bizarre exchange.

The April 26 debate will be a chance for the public to hear where the candidates stand on a number of issues that are critical to the future of the province. This will be the only live televised debate of the campaign and your chance to see the leaders together.

But the candidates have now been told that the format will more closely mirror that of a conservative conference in Ottawa earlier this year that saw contenders debating in small groups.

With 200 days to go until Calgarians cast their vote, four Calgarians vying for city council’s top chair faced off at the first 2017 mayoral forum on Thursday afternoon.

The candidate favoured to win the St-Laurent by-election, liberal Emmanuella Lambropoulos, will undergo her baptism of fire on Wednesday when she will face all of her opponents in a first debate.

Contenders to replace Tom Mulcair meet on stage for 1st time, don't mention his name

Would-be candidates have until July 3 to declare formally whether they are in the running; a new leader will be named in October.

The debate included opening statements from each candidate, questions from debate moderator and Gauntlet Editor-in-Chief Melanie Woods, rebuttals and audience questions. Roughly 70 people attended the event, which was also livestreamed on the Gauntlet’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary broke out his French Monday night at a debate in a Montreal suburb.

The party will select a permanent leader after the resignation of former leader Jim Prentice following the May 2015 election.

Many of those running to become the next leader of the federal Conservative Party have taken part in a debate in Winnipeg, but a few candidates were no-shows.