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Danny Williams lashes out at N.L. doctors
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has waded into a war of words between doctors and his health minister.
Limit PM's prorogation power: NDP motion
NDP Leader Jack Layton introduced a motion on Wednesday that would prevent the prime minister from proroguing Parliament for longer than seven days unless supported by the House.
Reality TV lures players into sadistic game
A French TV documentary to be aired Wednesday records people involved in what they thought was a game show in which they are asked to administer electric shocks to rival contestants.
N.S. woman twice declared dead
A woman who lives in Garden of Eden, N.S., got a shock when she learned she had been declared dead not once, but twice, in the past five months by the federal government.
Full inquiry of B.C. ferry sinking needed: critics
A criminal trial will not answer all the questions that remain about the sinking of the B.C. ferry Queen of the North four years ago, says provincial NDP transportation critic Gary Coons.
U.K. climate change ads pulled
Britain's advertising watchdog has forced the government to pull two ads about the dangers of climate change because they are misleading.
[ Economy & Business ] Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
It was the most controversial agreement of its kind in Canadian history. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's vision of free trade with the U.S. read like a Harlequin romance: Canada played the neglected lover, U.S., the negligent partner. Empty promises and veiled threats were all part of the negotiating dance between the world's greatest trading partners. The 1988 Free Trade Agreement was as dry as a stack of legal textbooks and as emotional as battling American cultural domination. It's an issue that still causes heated debate.
Sandbags filled as Red River rises
Volunteers in North Dakota filled thousands of sandbags on Tuesday in the hopes of avoiding some of the damage from the fast-rising waters of the Red River.