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• 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 ...
• Moose sensors work as they’re supposed to, says...
  Despite software glitches and public frustration with the moose sensor pilot project on the Trans-Canada Highway, Transportation Minister Paul ...
• Osborne flying solo in the House
  MHA Tom Osborne had a proposed amendment to a piece of legislation summarily shot down on the floor of the House of Assembly before he sat down ...
• Government puts restaurant inspections online
  The provincial government rolled out a new Internet tool Thursday that will allow people to see restaurant inspection reports online. Flanked by ...
• Money flowing for Muskrat Falls
  The provincial government continues to insist no final decision has been made on the Muskrat Falls project, but Tuesday afternoon politicians ...
• Muskrat debate will happen in December
  Despite a few bumps in the road and a political deadlock over terms, it looks like the House of Assembly will see a very brief debate over the ...
• Politicians prep for Muskrat Falls non-debate
  The governing PC Party is saying it’s going to be a busy month in the legislature, and it won’t all be about Muskrat Falls. But whether it’s the ...
• MacDonald won’t run for Liberal leadership
  After more than a year of playing coy, businessman Dean MacDonald poured cold water on speculation about a possible run for leadership of the ...
• Cabana makes monster legal moves
  The man who once tried to run for the leadership of two political parties in a single year now finds himself in the eye of a storm of litigation. ...
• A legislature is a place for experts: MUN Prof.
  A Memorial University political science professor says functioning legislatures find a way to listen to the experts. “Any proper legislature has ...
• Report supports prison psychiatrist’s service
  Justice Minister Darin King says he’s satisfied with the psychiatric service of Dr. David Craig, based on a peer review of his service that found ...
• Liberals say they’re learning from their mistakes
  The message at the Liberal Party convention this weekend was repeated over and over again: things are getting better.After nearly a decade in ...
• Liberal convention all about rebuilding
  For the provincial Liberals, this weekend’s annual general meeting in Gander is all about getting their groove back.The party membership will ...
• Government rules out natural gas
  No matter how you slice it, Ziff Energy says natural gas won’t work for Newfoundland and Labrador’s electricity needs, because the province is ...
• Government accused of fudging Muskrat Falls rate...
  It was the centrepiece of the government’s Muskrat Falls sales pitch this week, but critics are saying the government’s online “electricity bill ...
• Muskrat forecast now at $7.4 billion
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale and her officials laid out detailed cost estimates Tuesday, and made it clear that all the data shows Muskrat Falls is ...
• Muskrat Falls to cost at least $7.4 billion
  Cost estimates for the Muskrat Falls project have been revised upward by more than a billion dollars. In total, the project is now forecast to ...
• Nalcor tries to allay water management legal questions
  A group of lawyers opposed to the Muskrat Falls development say a potential hole in the water management structure on the Churchill River creates ...
• NDP sets sights on party building
  New Democrats spent a weekend at the Battery Hotel, focusing less on big ideas, and more on nuts and bolts. There was plenty of talk about ...
• NDP opens convention in St. John's
  New Democrats gathering in St. John’s this weekend are saying that this time it’s different. The NDP convention at the Battery Hotel is bigger ...
• UPDATE: Major changes to cabinet
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale has significantly shuffled the deck. In a move that's been anticipated for more than a month, Dunderdale made major ...
• Penashue should be removed from office, critics say
  When rookie Labrador MHA Randy Edmunds was campaigning along the coast of northern Labrador last fall, he didn’t use a plane — he used an open ...
• Sullivan censured for lobbying government
  Former fisheries ambassador and federal Tory candidate Loyala Sullivan got rapped on the knuckles Wednesday for violating the one-year cooling ...
• Agriculture program spending questioned
  Politicians are in the House of Assembly this morning, looking into sketchy spending decisions identified by the Auditor General in the ...
• UPDATE: RNC gun policies examined
  It was a fairly collegial tone in the Public Accounts committee this morning, as politicians were questioning officials with the Royal ...
• Dunderdale offers stark assessment during convention
  It was a weekend of celebration for the PC party as members gathered in Gander for their annual general meeting, but also a weekend to regroup ...
• Dunderdale delivers fiery speech to PC Party faithful
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale struck a defiant tone Friday night in her keynote speech to her political supporters at the PC Party annual general ...
• Economists looking to satisfy their curiosity
  Researchers at Memorial University are trying something they say is unique in Canada - setting up a group to fund purely "curiosity-based" ...
• For PCs, all roads lead to Gander this weekend
  Hotel Gander will be wrapped in blue this weekend, as the provincial PC party conducts its 60th annual general meeting.Premier Kathy Dunderdale ...
• Province gets $150M as Hebron work goes elsewhere
  Workers in this province won’t be building a key piece of the Hebron oil rig, but the provincial government will get a $150-million cheque to ...