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• 'Milestone' deal
  The Long Harbour Development Corp. has concluded an agreement to sell wharf properties to Vale Inco in a "milestone" deal that means a pot of ...
• Abitibi loses one court challenge
  Rural Development Minister Shawn Skinner says while the province will hold back a cheque to AbitibiBowater over severance for workers, it's too ...
• WWF blames EU for overfishing Grand Banks cod
  A conservation group says the European Union (EU) is mostly responsible for a large overrun in the bycatch of cod on the Grand Banks. WWF-Canada ...
• Worker worried about Janeway cleanup
  A worker at the former Janeway hospital site is expressing concern about the presence of old fuel tanks there, and what he contends is a lack of ...
• School board buys Paradise property
  The Eastern School District has bought a nine-acre piece of land in Paradise for just under $1.1 million, according to documents filed at ...
• Testing times at old Janeway
  The provincial government has confirmed it hired an environmental consultant to test for hazardous materials on the site of the old Janeway in ...
• Research centre set to close
  The St. John's-based Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation (CCFI) is on the verge of closing. CCFI officials and Liberal MP Gerry Byrne are ...
• Lowballed projections could cut N.L. deficit
  Finance/Energy - Newfoundland and Labrador is projecting a $750-million deficit this coming fiscal year, but Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy says ...
• Pensions take $2-billion hit
  The provincial government's pension plans have taken a $2-billion hit over the past year, Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy says, helping drive up ...
• N.L. net debt plunges to $7.9 billion
  The bad news is that every man, woman and child in the province now owes $15,500 on Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial debt. The good news ...
• Province books all cash from '05 Accord
  The province drew down the remainder of its 2005 Atlantic Accord advance in the just-ending fiscal year, driving the province's surplus for ...
• European agency, Sikorsky at odds
  The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a non-mandatory safety information bulletin Tuesday concerning Sikorsky S-92A helicopters, but ...
• Ten reports in past year for chopper 'occurrences'
  A Transport Canada aviation database lists Cougar Helicopters' Sikorsky S-92A choppers as being involved in 10 occurrence reports on or near ...
• Province backed trade talks: 2008 letter
  Seven months ago, then-provincial fisheries minister Trevor Taylor wrote Ottawa to pledge Newfoundland and Labrador's support for federal efforts ...
• Premier highlights possible EU dissent as seal ban...
  Premier Danny Williams is highlighting possible dissent within Europe as EU legislators get ready to vote on a bill - as early as April - that ...
• Prof puzzled by premier's call for own EU trade deal
  A Memorial University political scientist says the province has little chance of successfully pursuing its own bilateral trade deal with the ...
• Anti-sealing amendments to be tabled in Senate
  Europe isn't the only place anti-sealing legislation is being debated this week - a Liberal senator plans to ensure it will happen in Ottawa as ...
• Nalcor confident of securing project cash
  The province's energy corporation remains confident it can finance the proposed Lower Churchill hydroelectric project, even as projected costs ...
• Idea floated for smaller retirement program
  The province is eyeing a smaller, more targeted, early retirement program for fishery industry workers, according to Fisheries Minister Tom ...
• Deputy premier mum about trip to Ottawa
  Deputy premier Kathy Dunderdale is remaining mum about details of her trip to Ottawa earlier this week. Dunderdale, who is also the minister of ...
• Mixed results in jobs search for workers at closed...
  Roughly half of those thrown out of work by a series of recent fish plant downsizings and closures had found work as of last fall, according to ...
• Churchill powers Quebec profits
  Hydro-Quebec would see recent annual profits slashed by 75 per cent - more than $2 billion - if it had to go without cheap electricity obtained ...
• Power project sparks dispute
  Quebec's plans to produce hydroelectric power on the Romaine river have revived a long-standing border dispute and sparked environmental concerns ...
• Top Burke contributor appointed CNA chairman
  Education Minister Joan Burke has appointed a top contributor to her 2003 and 2007 election campaigns as chairman of the College of the North ...
• N.L., oil firms at odds over billion-plus in deductions
  The Newfoundland and Labrador government is at odds with the operators of the province's three producing fields over transportation costs charged ...
• St. John's airport in Canada's top 10 for bird strikes
  On Aug. 18, 2007, Air Canada flight 697 prepared for takeoff from Runway 29 at St. John's International Airport. But the Embraer jet, bound for ...
• Charges laid in alleged Ponzi scheme
  A former St. John's businessman - whose mortgage brokerage shuttered in 2004 in the wake of hundreds of thousands of dollars in civil judgments ...
• Province trails in openness audit
  A national audit of freedom of information laws puts Newfoundland and Labrador in the bottom half of national openness and transparency rankings. ...
• Williams wanted secrecy appeals speeded up in 2002
  Then-Opposition Leader Danny Williams pushed for strengthened access-to-information laws during debate in the House of Assembly in 2002, calling ...
• Executive decisions
  The branch of the civil service that serves the premier's office has been directing other government departments and agencies to keep information ...