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• OPE won’t cost anything new: minister
  It’s been about three months since Premier Kathy Dunderdale shuffled her cabinet and created the “Office of Public Engagement” and since then, ...
• NDP, PCs in statistical tie in MQO poll
  A St. John’s polling firm caused ripples in the political world Tuesday when it released some polling data that shows the governing PC Party and ...
• MHA wants students to ‘iDiscover’ merits of...
  PC MHA Steve Kent wants high school students to be excited about entrepreneurship, and he wants to hear about it.Kent, the representative for ...
• One year on, MHA still has questions about Burton...
  One year after the death of Labrador teen Burton Winters, Liberal MHA Randy Edmunds says a lot of good has happened, but if more isn’t done, ...
• New appointments to CNLOPB include Danny’s brother
  The government has filled two seats on the board fo the province’s offshore regulator, appointing Scott Tessier to the job of CEO and chair of ...
• 'Ovations' event opens in St. John's
  "Ovations" kicked off in St. John's this afternoon, with Premier Kathy Dunderdale beaming out at a crowd of more than 500 women in the Delta ...
• Dunderdale shuffles the deck
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale swit-ched up two of her top lieutenants Tuesday afternoon, shuffling her cabinet to swap Tom Marshall and Jerome ...
• Marshall and Kennedy swap places
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale swapped two of her heavy hitters today, moving Tom Marshall to the Department of Natural Resources, and sending Jerome ...
• Province mum on CNA-Qatar contract
  In less than six months, if the government doesn’t sign a new agreement with Qatar hundreds of employees at the College of the North Atlantic ...
• Eastern Health parking court case clears a hurdle
  Tom Badcock will get his day in court to argue that parking fees at hospitals are illegal.During a brief appearance in Newfoundland and Labrador ...
• NDP still fighting 2011 provincial election result
  It's been well over a year since the general election, but technically, one district is still in dispute. Basically, everyone involved is hoping ...
• Behind the thick, black line
  A Newfoundland and Labrador blogger received a transcript of a CBC radio interview from the provincial government recently - with part of ...
• Michael reflects on the past year
  For New Democratic Party Leader Lorraine Michael, 2012 was a good year.For the first time in her political career, Michael went into the House of ...
• MHAs trying to figure out how to save Christmas
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale is preparing to spend the night before Christmas in the House of Assembly. Forty-eight MHAs may be stirring in the House ...
• House still going strong after more than 45 hours
  They’re looking a little bit worse for the wear, but MHAs are still at it in the House of Assembly, continuing a marathon session debating key ...
• Filibuster keeps going in House
  In the House of Assembly, they can’t stop talking. As of press time, they’ve been going for well over 30 hours, and unless something happens in ...
• Filibuster continues in House of Assembly
  Politicians are still in the House of Assembly, debating Muskrat Falls enabling legislation, and it looks like they’ll be there for a while yet. ...
• Filibuster begins as government introduces Muskrat...
  Politicians were bracing for an all-night sitting of the House of Assembly Tuesday, as the government rolled out proposed Muskrat Falls enabling ...
• Government gets down to details of Muskrat Falls
  The morning after Premier Kathy Dunderdale formally sanctioned the Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project, government officials are now getting ...
• Dunderdale sanctions Muskrat Falls project
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale made it official Monday evening; the government has sanctioned the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. This means ...
• Minister calls in RNC regarding adult education...
  Advanced Education and Skills Minister Joan Shea has called in the police to look at issues around an adult literacy program on Bell Island. The ...
• Low oil price pushes deficit to $725M
  Lower-than-forecast natural re­source royalties blew a massive $725-million hole in the provincial government, and forced Finance Minister Tom ...
• Province to rewrite laws in the wake of Abitibi...
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale said Monday that as far as she’s concerned, the government would be on the hook for cleaning up an environmental mess at ...
• Muskrat Falls: Where they stand
  This week, the political leaders of the province went into the House of Assembly to stand and be counted on the issue of Muskrat Falls.It’s been ...
• If Emera backs out of Muskrat Falls, Nalcor may pay
  There’s not only a chance Nova Scotia utility Emera could back out of a deal to develop Muskrat Falls, but Nalcor could help make it easier for ...
• Muskrat Falls gets brief, symbolic debate
  In the end, basically everyone acknowledged the Muskrat Falls debate was a disappointment — and blamed someone else for the failure. The debate ...
• Opposition calls Muskrat Falls term sheet a risky play
  Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy said that with a federal loan guarantee in place, the government has crossed the final hurdle before it ...
• Muskrat opponents dismiss loan guarantee ‘farce’
  It was announced with plenty of fanfare in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Friday afternoon, but opponents of the Muskrat Falls project were underwhelmed ...
• Kennedy muses about other Labrador hydro projects
  Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy told reporters Tuesday the government is looking at options to power isolated communities up and down ...
• Government criticized despite efforts to be more...
  Bill 42 passed through the House of Assembly this week without much fanfare, but critics say it will reduce government transparency and oversight ...