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Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt, speaking in an inadvertently recorded conversation, calls solving the isotope shortage a “sexy” issue that she hopes to take credit for and she also expresses doubts about the parliamentary skills of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq.

VANCOUVER — It’s too early to compare the B.C. wildfire season with 2003, the worst on record, says a forest-fire expert.

New life appears to be growing in the debate over genetically modified wheat, but experts say old seeds of doubt still abound.

CALGARY — Prince Edward focused his attention on Canada’s youth on Sunday and his enthusiasm for the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Awards is bringing benefits to students even in Canada’s North.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper implored Canadians on Saturday to remember the sacrifices of soldiers who 65 years ago charged into the teeth of withering German fire on Juno Beach and not to dismiss the ideals those men represented.

Canadian municipalities hope they are helping the federal government make a case against the Obama Administration’s “Buy American” policy,

he Harper government is set to make permanent an internship pilot project that has helped young refugees escape the world’s poorest, most violent places.

Victoria Elizabeth Stafford did not have the easiest life. Her parents split up when she was 2 1/2. Her father admits he wasn’t always around. Her mother admits an addiction to painkillers.

Residents of a neighbourhood east of Toronto are being asked to voluntarily evacuate the area after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed near a school.

MONTREAL — Hours before a Montreal fundraiser poised to capitalize on the new-found support recent opinion polls seem have accorded the federal Liberals, Michael Ignatieff said he has no plans to give Quebec special powers if elected prime minister.