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• Danny says goodbye
  As the elevator in the lobby of Confederation Building opened just after 11:30 Thursday morning a capacity crowd stood and cheered.The applause ...
• New twist in Mount Cashel civil case
  There’s been a new development in a prolonged civil suit involving sexual abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage.A lawyer representing approximately ...
• First CNA Industry Day held
  About 30 College of the North Atlantic (CNA) students took a break from the classroom Monday and went to work instead at a variety of ...
• Applause mixed with some skepticism
  He said a deal was close and now he’s delivered. Less than a month ago, Premier Danny Williams told the PC annual convention discussions to ...
• N.L. businesswomen winning national awards
  Several businesswomen in this province have won significant national awards in the last two years, and no one is more thrilled for them than Nena ...
• No need for negativity, premier says
  Premier Danny Williams says he’s not happy with the negative tone that’s enveloped provincial politics in recent days.“What I’ve observed in the ...
• Lower breast cancer screening age: Jones
  Liberal Leader Yvonne Jones is joining with the Canadian Breast Cancer Network to launch a national campaign encouraging women in their 40s to ...
• Muskrat Falls too small by itself: Grimes
  Roger Grimes says Premier Danny Williams’ latest plan to develop the Lower Churchill “just can’t work.”“I can’t make any sense out of the way the ...
• Message was a joke, says opposition
  He’s been on the job less than a week. But the Liberal opposition has now had to defend an email written to the premier’s office in February 2009 ...
• Lower Churchill in view
  Premier Danny Williams told the PC party faithful Saturday night a deal to develop at least part of the Lower Churchill hydroelectric project ...
• Military also a victim, PM says
  Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters in St. John’s Thursday morning the Canadian Forces will take all actions necessary to strip benefits ...
• Facelift will soon begin for CFS St. John’s
  Canadian Forces Station St. John’s is about to get a major makeover.Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in the Pleasantville area of the capital ...
• Inside the machine
  This province’s former representative in Ottawa says it’s imperative the government keep the Ottawa office open and properly staffed. “It’s ...
• Devastated
  An official with Fire and Emergency Services says hurricane Igor is the worst storm to hit the province in his memory.“We have states of ...
• Igor expected to be no slouch
  If Environment Canada’s prediction was correct Monday, much of central and eastern Newfoundland are already experiencing some nasty weather.The ...
• Economic handoff
  One of the four deputy governors of the Bank of Canada was in St. John’s Wednesday for what he called an outreach visit.Timothy Lane had a full ...
• Peckford advising B.C. Conservatives
  Former Newfoundland and Lab-rador premier Brian Peckford is getting back into politics, at least in an advisory role.Peckford told The Telegram ...
• Operation Razorback trial begins
  Andrew Green, 19, of Victoria, B.C., had earlier pleaded not guilty to a single charge of possession of cocaine for the purpose of ...
• Running interference?
  According to Williams, this province and Nova Scotia filed an application with Ottawa in late June for funding under the Public Private ...
• Why no challengers?
  Alex Marland and Amanda Bittner both teach political science at Memorial University. Steven Wolinetz is a retired political science professor. ...
• Who judges the judges?
  In this province, the rules for making a formal complaint against a provincial court judge were changed in 2008.But according to Chief Judge Mark ...
• Sponges, coral and a new type of octopus?
  Between July 8 and 28, the researchers sailed on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Hudson out of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia ...
• Ceasefire in wharf war?
  Chris Brookes and his group have been trying to save a wharf in their neighbourhood from demolition this week, while the city is in the process ...
• It's all about safety, mayor says
  In fact, Dennis O’Keefe told The Telegram there was a formal complaint about the safety of the structure made to the city’s engineering ...
• Wharf saved for now
  But an official with the City of St. John’s says an independent contractor will be removing the new gangway and surface as soon as ...
• Davis appointed legislative assistant for Municipal...
  Premier Danny Williams announced today, Paul Davis MHA for Topsail will assume that position immediately. Davis won a byelection in March to ...
• Nothing more than 'spin'
  A provincial government news release on the Lower Churchill Project has the opposition parties accusing the government of jumping the gun. On ...
• MOU update coming this week
  Fisheries Minister Clyde Jackman says he will get progress reports this week from three working groups discussing ways to restructure the ...
• Drug bust disclosure debated
  Two unusual circumstances arose in provincial court Thursday, as a dozen people charged in connection with Operation Razorback were scheduled on ...
• Minister's comments draw attention
  An early childhood educator (ECE) with more than 30 years' experience is concerned Child, Youth and Family Services Minister Joan Burke is ...