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Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., Thursday November 5, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada signs on to continent-wide wilderness protection deal

The Canadian Press - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

MERIDA, Mexico - The federal government has agreed to what's being billed as an unprecedented commitment to wilderness conservation in North America.