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One day after Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn announced he will not be running in the next federal election, the war of words continued with Premier Danny Williams.

As the Northwest Territories gets ready to review its Official Languages Act, some advocates say the legislation should do more to protect and promote aboriginal languages.

The Canadian Forces has said the best way to save more lives at sea is to improve survival techniques, after an internal report came to light showing search and rescue squadrons have no plans to hasten rescue times after regular staffing hours.

David Pratt, who served as defence minister under Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, has been selected by his party to take on Environment Minister John Baird in the federal election that is expected to be called within days.

Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice announced $12 million for the East Isle Shipyard in eastern P.E.I. on Friday.

Complaints about pesticides drifting off farmers' fields on P.E.I. are down this year, and Environmental Minister George Webster says that unless they go back up, he won't work harder to catch violators.

B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt says he wants to run for the Conservatives in what is expected to be a hotly contested riding in the next federal election - an election that could be called as early as Sunday.

Canadians are most likely to vote for the Conservatives in a federal election, and believe Stephen Harper and Jack Layton would make better prime ministers than Stéphane Dion, according to a new poll sponsored by CBC News.

A wave of Canadian troops returned home from Afghanistan to an emotional welcome, just days after three Canadian soldiers were killed.

An autopsy has confirmed that a man who disappeared after falling overboard into Miramichi Bay died of drowning.

The highway between Saint John and the Canada-United States border at St. Stephen, N.B., will be completely twinned by 2014.

The Canadian Forces has said the best way to save more lives at sea is to improve survival techniques, after an internal report came to light showing search and rescue squadrons have no plans to hasten rescue times after regular staffing hours.

Following the loss of 55,000 jobs in July, the Canadian economy added 15,000 jobs during August, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Nunavut's minimum wage went up Friday, making it the highest in Canada, but some say the new wage does not accurately reflect the high cost of living or the labour market in the territory.

Proponents of the proposed "Angel's Nest" homeless youth shelter in Whitehorse rallied outside the office of a Yukon cabinet minister Thursday, demanding funds to get the downtown emergency shelter running.

A man who claimed he had killed his wife and then confronted police with a knife was fatally shot by an officer on Thursday night.

A wave of Canadian troops returned home from Afghanistan to an emotional welcome, just days after three Canadian soldiers were killed.

Thousands of trucks will likely continue to clog King Edward Avenue in downtown Ottawa even after a new interprovincial bridge is built at Kettle Island in the city's east end, says the National Capital Commission.

Canadians are most likely to vote for the Conservatives in a federal election, and believe Stephen Harper and Jack Layton would make better prime ministers than Stéphane Dion, according to a new poll sponsored by CBC News.