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• Premier to Harper: We need to talk
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale made it clear Tuesday that she thinks the federal government made some mistakes in the search for Burton Winters earlier ...
• Questions swirl around $664M for Nalcor
  It was one of the largest line items in this year’s provincial budget — a massive $664-million allocation to Nalcor. Speaking with The Telegram ...
• Premier blasts MacKay over broken promise on Goose Bay
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale was angry Thursday afternoon after learning that the federal Conservatives have no plans to station 650 troops at the ...
• Fundraiser shows new face of NDP
  NDP Leader Lorraine Michael summed up the tone of Saturday night’s fundraising dinner, as she introduced federal Leader Tom Mulcair. “We’re in ...
• Thomas Mulcair endorses Sheilagh O'Leary for mayor
  Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair made news Saturday night when he waded into the realm of St. John's municipal politics, endorsing Coun. ...
• Premier cancels meeting with dead boy's grandmother
  What was supposed to be a meeting between two grandmothers turned into a political flare-up between Premier Kathy Dunderdale and the family of ...
• Kirby eats crow over ‘liar’ tweet
  Depending on who you asked, it was 140 characters worth of “very serious, very offensive, and indeed very unparliamentary” language or just ...
• Deadline looms for Marystown ferry contract
  The government has drawn a line in the sand when it comes to the contract to build a new ferry at the shipyard in Marystown. If a dispute over ...
• Questions linger over Burton Winters’ death
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale told reporters Monday she will meet with the family of Burton Winters, the 14-year-old Labrador teen who died after his ...
• Burin plant closure cuts deep
  It was another devastating blow to a hard-hit part of rural Newfoundland — the value-added fish plant in Burin will close.In a news release ...
• Ferry construction work could go elsewhere: minister
  The largest new ferry the provincial government has commissioned in recent memory may not be built in Newfoundland and Labrador. Transportation ...
• Businessman talks to Liberals about vision
  No one in the room Saturday night seemed to be willing to acknowledge that businessman Dean MacDonald might be the next leader of the Liberal ...
• Marshall sells budget on sustainability
  Finance Minister Tom Marshall said this year’s budget was all about sustainability, and that’s a message the St. John’s Board of Trade was happy ...
• Government rolls out child care, foster care changes
  Tuesday’s budget included a pair of major strategies that will shape how the government handles children’s issues for the next decade.Child, ...
• Business-as-usual budget
  Finance Minister Tom Marshall rolled out a humdrum budget Tuesday without much in the way of new spending or big surprises. In the coming year, ...
• $664M to Nalcor creates more questions than answers
  In the hours after the provincial budget was rolled out, there was $664 million that slipped past a lot of people.But not Liberal Leader Dwight ...
• The big guess
  When Finance Minister Tom Marshall delivers the provincial budget this afternoon, it’ll be built on three big guesses. They’re educated, expert ...
• Minister not buying new shoes
  Traditionally, the finance minister wears new shoes on budget day, but Tom Marshall is trying to lower expectations on everything this year.“Too ...
• Moving in for the kill
  Last in a two-part seriesThis is exciting. There’s blood in the back of the boat, and this is about as close to seal hunting as the International ...
• Opposition reacts to loan guarantee delay
  Opposition politicians are split over how the government should handle delays on the Muskrat Falls loan guarantee: push harder or sit back and ...
• Hunting for the hunters
  First in a two-part series The sun is blindingly bright early Saturday morning in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Sheryl Fink is ...
• We’re waiting on Muskrat Falls financials: Ottawa
  Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver wanted to make it crystal clear: he’s not behind any delays for a Muskrat Falls loan guarantee. ...
• Government cash goes to promoting sealskin products
  For Bernie Halloran, owner of Always in Vogue furriers, the problem isn’t finding people who want to buy seal fur, it’s finding countries who ...
• Fine dining on flipper — for a cause
  Professional chefs Todd Perrin and Jeremy Charles laughed at the question: is there any way to make seal flipper taste good? “Well, we think so,” ...
• Lots more detail coming for Muskrat Falls: Martin
  Nalcor CEO Ed Martin says when the House of Assembly debates the Muskrat Falls project this summer, he hopes to be able to show them the “full ...
• Mould discovered in Health Sciences in December
  In December, Eastern Health discovered mould in the Health Sciences Centre in several patients’ rooms, and quietly cleaned it up.The issue was ...
• No seal meat to be had on Northern Peninsula
  The seal hunt opened in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Tuesday, but some residents on the Northern Peninsula are complaining they just can’t get ...
• SAR firestorm continues in the House
  Accusations continue to fly back and forth in the House of Assembly over who is to blame for the death of 14-year-old Burton Winters on the ...
• MacDonald calls PUB report "farce"
  Dean MacDonald quickly dismissed the Public Utilities Board report into Muskrat Falls as a “farce” that never should have happened. Speaking to ...
• Danny Williams defends Muskrat as questions swirl
  Tuesday morning, the big guns came out in defence of Muskrat Falls.Former premier Danny Williams publicly attacked the province's Public ...