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• Premier expects few federal job cuts
  For Premier Kathy Dunderdale, there are things the federal government does that she likes, and things she doesn't like. On Muskrat Falls, Prime ...
• No more downloading
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale said Wednesday she has no inside information on what will be in the federal budget today, but she knows what she doesn’t ...
• Liberal renewal
  The Liberal party is getting serious about renewal, and they’re enlisting some of their big guns to do it. Sources say plans are coming together ...
• Changes coming to drug rules, but no one talking...
  Legislation to be debated in the House of Assembly Monday seems like it will fix the fact th
• Avalon moose population so low it's 'frightening':...
• Marine rescue centre sparks political fireworks
  It was the most intense shouting match this year in the House of Assembly, even though Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Liberal House Leader Yvonne ...
• Prison psychiatric service review almost done,...
  The results of a review of the psychiatric service at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary is coming soon, the justice minister vowed Thursday. Nearly a ...
• Province waiting on Ottawa for offshore safety...
  With fresh offshore helicopter issues in the news Wednesday, Liberal Leader Dwight Ball wanted to know what the province is doing to have an ...
• No progress on independent offshore regulator
  Retired justice Robert Wells called it his most important recommendation for offshore safety — and it’s going nowhere. Documents obtained by The ...
• Back on the payroll
  Former PC party candidate and retired auditor general John Noseworthy is going back to work for the provincial government.Noseworthy was hired ...
• PCs say Liberal MHA threatened minister
  Liberal MHA Jim Bennett was in the hot seat Thursday, after he was accused of threatening a government minister. Government House leader Jerome ...
• Unanimous support for SAR in House
  It was a tearful scene in the lobby of Confederation Building Wednesday evening, as Labrador MHA Randy Edmunds embraced Tama Stephanie Fost.Fost ...
• It’s all about the money in the House
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale is looking to find around $100 million in government waste, but critics are skeptical she can do it. The province’s ...
• Steady course, new restraint
  Monday afternoon’s speech from the throne celebrated the government’s accomplishments, and signalled people can expect more of the same.The ...
• Lukewarm reaction to ‘vague’ speech
  The government’s throne speech didn’t do much to arouse anyone’s ire, but it didn’t provoke any dramatic support either. Both labour and business ...
• Open House
  Politicians have been chomping at the bit in recent weeks, and Monday they'll finally be away to the races. At 2 p.m., Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie ...
• IOC, Union reach tentative deal
  It looks like the Iron Ore Company (IOC) will avoid a strike in Labrador West, with the United Steelworkers union recommending its members ...
• Nalcor has looked at natural gas; it won’t work,...
  Nalcor CEO Ed Martin was a bit apologetic as he launched into a lengthy “long winded:” speech on natural gas Tuesday. Martin explained in ...
• Nalcor chief says energy alternates 'not feasible'
  Nalcor CEO Ed Martin gave a speech today to the St. John's Board of Trade, talking in detail about the Muskrat Falls hydro project. Martin ...
• FFAW protests restructuring
  Hundreds of fish harvesters pounded sticks against the DFO building in White Hills Monday, making enough of a racket to be sure they were ...
• Breast cancer controversy continues
  A nasty fight is developing between the province’s largest health authority and nine women who mistakenly had their breasts removed because they ...
• Province puts $5M into reducing wait times
  The provincial government is spending $5 million to make good on an election promise, and make things move more quickly in hospitals.Wednesday ...
• Michael shows up at PUB — to say she won’t be...
  Lorraine Michael stood on the threshold of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (PUB) hearing room Tuesday, but she refused to go ...
• UPDATE: Presenters suggest there are flaws in...
  The PUB review into Muskrat Falls today is seeing participants overwhelmingly oppose the project. Only a handful of people have come forward to ...
• Natural gas will change everything: Cabot Martin
  Natural gas is going to change everything, Cabot Martin says. Speaking to Rotarians in St. John’s, Martin said the provincial government would be ...
• Lawyers speak out on Muskrat Falls process
  St. John’s lawyer Ches Crosbie said he doesn’t want to become a target for speaking on the Muskrat Falls project, but he’s doing it anyway.“I ...
• Controversy swirls around Seal Day
  Jack Troake, one of the province’s most outspoken sealer, doesn’t think much of Seal Day up on Parliament Hill. “It’s so damn stupid, it makes no ...
• Manitoba Hydro endorses Muskrat — mostly
  The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project received another big stamp of approval Wednesday — but it came with some big caveats. An external review ...
• Dunderdale lays out a new, conservative course
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale made it clear Tuesday that the big-spending days are over.In a major speech to the St. John’s Board of Trade, Dunderdale ...
• Fisheries Minister wants more power over industry
  It's a daily frustration for Fisheries Minister Darin King: being held responsible for things that aren't his fault. This weekend, when he ...