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• Lecture will tackle the ‘magic’ of physics
  Neil Turok has a simple message when it comes to modern technology: you ain’t seen nothing yet.Turok is the director of the Perimeter Institute ...
• Ryan Cleary visits Alberta
  While much of the province was deep in a turkey coma this weekend, New Democratic MP Ryan Cleary was on the job, and on his way to Alberta.Cleary ...
• Feds back down on EI changes
  The federal government is backtracking on changes to employment insurance, and essentially admitting that a pilot project in place this summer ...
• No timelines for prison psychiatric report
  Justice Minister Felix Collins is making no promises on when the public will get to see details of a controversial report into the work of prison ...
• Premier attacks Quebec in speech
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale took aim directly at Quebec Wednesday afternoon in her latest attempt to sell the merits of the Muskrat Falls ...
• People aren't showing up to make themselves heard
  What would happen if you held a public meeting and nobody showed up? It's not a hypothetical question; it happens all the time and it makes it ...
• Seal pelts selling briskly
  The seal tannery is bustling on a sunny September morning, as workers handle large stacks of pelts in various stages of processing. The work here ...
• Loan guarantee nearly done: premier
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale is saying a loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls is still on track, and there will be a fully open public debate on the ...
• Minister won’t change owner-operator or...
  Fishery advocates are declaring victory after Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield resoundingly declared that he won’t be moving to ...
• MacDonald calls for action from business community
  Dean MacDonald has some major grievances with the current government led by Premier Kathy Dunderdale, and he wants to rouse the province’s ...
• Osborne leaves PC party
  Veteran politician Tom Osborne shocked the province’s political community Thursday afternoon when he abruptly announced he’s leaving the PC party ...
• Osborne leaves PC party
  Veteran politician Tom Osborne shocked the province’s political community Thursday afternoon when he abruptly announced he’s leaving the PC party ...
• Minister trumpets safety, economy at harbour event
  Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was in Bay Bulls Wednesday, trumpeting repairs to the wharf there and talking about his budget ...
• Sombre mood at NDP meet in St. John's
  The mood was muted as New Democrat MPs filed in one or two at a time to the Sheraton ballroom this morning, and reacted to last night's shooting ...
• NDP gets down to business in St. John’s
  This morning, New Democrat MPs from across the country will get down to business setting up their priorities and strategies ahead of the fall ...
• Targa officials perplexed over tobacco sponsorship...
  Targa Newfoundland organizers are scratching their heads and scrambling as they face a federal investigation into possible tobacco advertising. ...
• Northern Peninsula loggers near boiling point
  Loggers on the Northern Peninsula are talking war, and threatening to blockade the highway over the Roddickton pellet plant, which is currently ...
• MHAs hold Marble Mountain to public accounts
  It was a sight that hasn’t been seen in the province in years — MHAs met in the House of Assembly Wednesday for a meeting of the public accounts ...
• Marble Mountain, focus of Public Accounts Committee...
  Members of the House of Assembly Public Accounts Committee held a public meeting this morning to question officials with the Marble Mountain ...
• Police issue warning over stolen explosives
  Police are worried about thieves who stole 25 pounds of dynamite from a business on Topsail Road sometime overnight Monday.The explosives were ...
• Community beacon shines on Ferryland
  The Town of Ferryland officially got the keys to their iconic lighthouse Thursday, as part of the federal government’s plant to unload hundreds ...
• Get ready to debate final 'Muskrat decision'
  August is shaping up to be a pivotal month for the Muskrat Falls project. In the next couple of weeks, Nalcor will draw together the final cost ...
• Opposition asks: how about those DG3 numbers?
  Opposition politicians mostly reacted to Tuesday’s Muskrat Falls announcement with a shrug — both the Liberals and the NDP are more focused on ...
• Nalcor, Emera sign on dotted line
  Nalcor and Emera have signed the massive legal contracts which will govern the development of Muskrat Falls to supply hydroelectricity to both ...
• CNA will pay $200K to transfer students
  A plan to move more than a dozen College of the North Atlantic (CNA) students from Grand Falls-Windsor to St. John’s will cost around ...
• Energy, health care top issues at premiers’...
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale said Canada’s premiers did a lot of good work on health care and energy this week in Halifax — but it would have been ...
• Low oil price ‘reality check’: premier
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale is warning about the serious fiscal realities that come with lower-than-forecast oil prices — and a possible ...
• Deadline looming for CNA-Qatar
  Last in a three-part series After a decade in Qatar, current and former workers at the College of the North Atlantic’s campus in the ...
• Workplace described as despotic
  Second in a three-part series When current and former employees talk about working at the College of the North Atlantic in Qatar, they often use ...
• Former CNA employees suing for severance
  First in a three-part series Former employees of the College of the North Atlantic in Qatar are taking the college to court because they say ...