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• 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 ...
• Dunderdale defensive over AG report
  The provincial government does have an infrastructure plan: it’s called “the budget.”That was the message Premier Kathy Dunderdale delivered to ...
• Everyone searching for 'efficiencies' in health
  When Susan Sullivan took the reigns of the Department of Health last year, she inherited a government agency that is $1-billion richer than ...
• Muskrat Falls debate goes over the deep end
  Memorial University professor Wade Locke clarified his independent assessment of the Muskrat Falls project Thursday — with a little help from ...
• PUB criticism just ‘white noise’: minister
  Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy said Wednesday Muskrat Falls’ critics are “grasping at straws” when they criticize the government’s ...
• Questions linger around Muskrat
  A day after he emphatically endorsed the Muskrat Falls project, Wade Locke said his calculations were “probably not” a fair comparison of the ...
• Surgery for removal of excess skin not covered:...
  Health Minister Susan Sullivan said Tuesday the province’s regulations on surgery to reduce excess skin are in line with the rest of the ...
• Muskrat is the best option: economist
  Wade Locke, the province’s most recognizable economist, set out to answer a simple question: “Is it worth it?”Tuesday evening, Locke ...
• No access to OCI contract
  Liberal fisheries critic Jim Bennett is continuing to push for details of a deal signed between the provincial government and Ocean Choice ...
• Pension plan needs to be fixed: Marshall
  This year isn't the time to bring your "wish lists" to the provincial government. Instead, Finance Minister Tom Marshall was more interested in ...
• Bennett to government: show me the contract
  Liberal fisheries critic Jim Bennett doesn't trust what he's hearing from the provincial government. This week, Bennett questioned Ocean ...
• O'Keefe spearheads press for more money from province
  Mayor Dennis O'Keefe is leading the charge, but he's hoping municipal leaders across the province will give Finance Minister Tom Marshall an ...
• Response to government's tough line on OCI mainly...
  Fisheries Minister Darin King's tough words for Ocean Choice International (OCI) earned him praise from most sides Friday. FFAW president Earle ...
• No permanent exemption for Ocean Choice International
  Fisheries Minister Darin King delivered a very public dressing-down to Ocean Choice International (OCI), accusing them of resorting to ...
• Fate of redfish, yellowtail still floundering
  Fisheries Minister Darin King hasn’t made any decisions yet on the future of fish on the Burin Peninsula — so at least for now, boats will stay ...
• NDP does full court press on helicopter safety - by...
  It's been a busy year for the NDP, but one issue they never seem to pass up a chance to talk about is Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. It almost ...
• Roof damage at Canada Post halts mail service
  Canada Post delivers the mail in all weather, all seasons - unless it's so windy the roof of blows off its building. Residents in St. John's and ...
• Cutting through the noise
  For Premier Kathy Dunderdale, it’s been a good year — once you get past the political noise.On a range of issues, Dunderdale said she wished ...
• Liberal critic has more questions on yellowtail
  Liberal fisheries critic Jim Bennett is already back to work after the holidays, taking the government to task for not squeezing as much value as ...
• Chomping at the bit
  It was a great year for NDP leader Lorraine Michael — so good, in fact, that she’s already excited about 2012 and beyond.During a year-end ...
• 2011 not a great year for Grits
  Former Liberal leader Yvonne Jones doesn’t mince words.For Jones, it was the year she beat cancer, but also the year she was forced to step down ...
• Opposition questions millions in untendered contracts
  In the past five years, the provincial government has spent more than half a billion dollars in untendered contracts, but the minister ...
• Premier says there are no easy answers to fishery
  When Premier Kathy Dunderdale really gets talking about the fishery, she gets angry and she gets exasperated. She sees it as an industry ...
• Government writes off $2.4 million
  The province’s taxpayers are officially out $2.4 million this week, as the House of Assembly wrote off money that was misspent in the ...
• Advocate to investigate Springdale Street fire issues
  The province’s child and youth advocate will look into issues around a fatal fire last month on Springdale Street, allegedly set by a ...
• Health care tops Atlantic premiers’ talks
  Even if it wasn’t represented in St. John’s, the federal government was at the centre of the Atlantic premiers’ meeting Monday morning.Health ...
• Muskrat is about just two questions: Dunderdale
  When it comes to Muskrat Falls, Premier Kathy Dunderdale says people should only think about two simple questions. "First of all, do we need the ...
• 'Can't constantly turn to government': premier
  Dunderdale had a clear message for the province's processing sector Friday: don't expect me to save you. Speaking about an hour before Ocean ...
• MacKay criticism intensifies over helicopter ride
  Defence Minister Peter MacKay's use of a search and rescue helicopter is akin to the province's constituency allowance spending scandal, ...
• Minister says he can’t explain Emera comments on...
  Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy says he doesn’t know what Christopher Huskilson is talking about.Huskilson, the CEO of Nova Scotia ...