Coast guard takes brunt of fisheries department cuts

More than 1,000 workers with DFO, including 763 with the Canadian Coast Guard, receive notices their jobs could be affected by pending cuts.

N.L. marine medical calls routed to Italy

Radio calls for medical help from ships needing to speak with a doctor while in Newfoundland and Labrador waters were directed to a free service in Rome, CBC News has learned.

Halt fishing in central Arctic Ocean, scientists say

Scientists are urging leaders of Arctic nations to develop an agreement to protect the waters of the central Arctic Ocean from commercial fishing.

More than 2,000 Scientists Worldwide Urge Protection of Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries

MONTREAL, April 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries urged Arctic leaders, in an open letter released today by the Pew Environment Group, to develop an international fisheries accord that would protect the unregulated waters of the Central Arctic Ocean. New maps show that the loss of permanent sea ice has opened up as much as 40 percent of this ...

Burton Winters' family still pushing for inquiry

Family and friends of Burton Winters say they won't stop pushing until an inquiry is called into the search for the teenager who died after becoming lost on sea ice off the coast of Labrador.