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• Murray approved for Legal Aid
  Taxpayers are now footing the legal bills of former House of Assembly bureaucrat Bill Murray. On Thursday morning, Newfoundland and Labrador ...
• Forgeries helped constituents: Andersen
  Wally Andersen may not have represented Sherwood Forest in the House of Assembly, but the message he sent in court Wednesday was clear: tens of ...
• Crown links cash to cheques
  Crown prosecutor Frances Knickle sought to undermine Jim Walsh's credibility Thursday, linking cash withdrawals he made at ATMs to alleged bribes ...
• Walsh on the stand
  Jim Walsh spent a long and emotional day on the witness stand Wednesday, distancing himself from the man he is accused of bribing and blaming ...
• Collins pleads guilty
  As an NDP MHA for eight years, Randy Collins advocated for the province's poor and powerless, but on Tuesday he pleaded guilty to stealing from ...
• IEC didn't OK extra cash for Walsh
  A former Speaker of the House of Assembly has offered a conflicting view of who was responsible for decisions that hid the details on enhanced ...
• Aide's writing not on claims filed by Walsh
  A former aide to MHA Jim Walsh did not fill out any of the last 46 constituency allowance claim forms filed by the politician in 2002 and 2003, ...
• Costs top six figures for probes at House
  The partial bill is in for a complex series of complaints, counter-complaints, investigations and legal actions that have embroiled the House of ...
• FFAW buys building for new HQ
  The Fish, Food and Allied Workers union (FFAW) will soon be on the move. The union and the Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board have ...
• No deadline to ratify deal on boundary
  Talks are continuing between Ottawa and two provinces on an agreement that would ratify a Canada-France deal on any oil and gas resources that ...
• Neville slams own staff over probe
  Child and youth advocate Darlene Neville has issued a news release slamming her own staff for their handling of a complaint made earlier this ...
• Walsh's lawyer admits talking to key witness
  The lawyer for Jim Walsh acknowledged Friday that he spoke with key Crown witness Bill Murray about a comment Walsh made in a 2007 police ...
• Murray got cash for claims
  It began with one phone call, one constituency claim, one cheque and an envelope stuffed with cash. But it ultimately mushroomed into tens of ...
• Murray on the stand
  In a 2007 interview with police, Jim Walsh downplayed his relationship with House of Assembly bureaucrat Bill Murray. But in provincial court ...
• Update: Walsh gave me cash to break spending limit,...
  A former House of Assembly bureaucrat says then-MHA Jim Walsh gave him cash to put through excess constituency allowance claims. Bill Murray made ...
• Murray set to testify in Walsh fraud trial
  Since the constituency allowancespending scandal broke three years ago, many descriptions have been applied to the name of Bill Murray. Today, a ...
• Defence attacks 'mess' of a system
  Defence attorney Vernon French repeatedly pounded at the shambolic nature of financial controls at the House of Assembly in provincial court ...
• Agency reviewing appeal of gulf ferry
  The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) is reviewing an application that questions Marine Atlantic's use of a foreign-registered vessel on the ...
• Park designation threatened?
  UNESCO recently pulled World Heritage Site status from the Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany, highlighting the possibility of the same thing ...
• Government spends $54K on tickets to Olympics
  The provincial government recently bought more than $54,000 worth of tickets for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Tourism, Culture and Recreation ...
• Documents show clash over safety at old Janeway
  Provincial safety officials and the contractor hired to demolish the old Janeway hospital in Pleasantville clashed over the presence of asbestos ...
• Williams slams host for 'crap'
  Premier Danny Williams de-nounced a VOCM open-line host for "pessimism and crap" during a testy exchange on provincewide radio Tuesday morning ...
• Firm eyes Labrador for used nuke site
  A Quebec-based firm is sounding out potential interest in Lab-rador to house a storage site for spent fuel from nuclear reactors. "If on the ...
• ACOA suing Consilient for $7.7M
  The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is suing now-shuttered Consilient Technologies Corp. for $7.7 million. According to court ...
• Fog Devils, Juniors face off in court
  The former and current owners of the old St. John's Fog Devils franchise have filed duelling legal motions related to the sale of the club. The ...
• Walsh rebuffs kickback claims
  After five hours in an interview room at Royal Newfoundland Constabulary headquarters, Insp. Brian Dowden cut to the chase. "Bill Murray said ...
• 'The problem was the system'
  Former MHA Jim Walsh pointed the finger of blame at House of Assembly staff and "the craziest system in the world" during the opening day of his ...
• Aquaculture bio-security needs top $24M
  A government-commissioned report has identified more than $24 million in infrastructure improvements needed to address bio-security concerns in ...
• Premier rejects joining EU talks
  Premier Danny Williams has flatly rejected joining Ottawa-led trade talks with the European Union. "Absolutely not," Williams told the ...
• N.L. stand 'nearly derailed' trade talks
  Newfoundland and Labrador's reticence about Ottawa-led trade talks with the European Union "nearly derailed" negotiations from moving forward, a ...