Mulroney confidant knew about Airbus commissions: CBC News investigation

A 1993 fax from Air Canada's manager of investor relations to Fred Doucet, a close friend of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, calls into question Doucet's sworn testimony before the House of Commons ethics committee in February of this year.

Wabush Mines to lay off 130 workers

Wabush Mines will lay off 130 unionized workers - almost half of its unionized workforce - and 30 non-union workers from its operation in Labrador West.

Atlantic Lotto named in scratch ticket lawsuit

Atlantic Canadians now qualify to join a class action lawsuit launched in western Canada over the practice of continuing to sell scratch tickets even after the top prizes have been won.

'Not a time to gloat,' says Williams of federal political tussle

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams said Tuesday he is staying neutral in the latest political battle in Ottawa where the Liberals and NDP have declared their intention to form a coalition government.

Rights violated in luggage search, despite cocaine find, judge rules

A St. John's lawyer is applauding a Newfoundland Supreme Court decision that found police violated a man's charter rights when they search his luggage - even though they found cocaine and cash.

4 missing as cargo ship capsizes off Newfoundland

Four people were missing Tuesday as search-and-rescue crews responded to a vessel that had capsized off Newfoundland's southeast coast.

May take legal action over funding cuts: Liberals

Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal Opposition said Tuesday it is considering a lawsuit over a recent decision that cut its research and staff funding.

The top news stories of 2008? You tell us

A judicial inquiry that has already had a profound effect on the health care system, Danny Williams's "anything but Conservative" campaign in the federal election and hockey superstar Daniel Cleary's homecoming.

Toll of flooding mounts across St. John's region

Frustrated homeowners across the St. John's area say they are at a loss to deal with flooding damage caused by an intense weekend rainstorm.

Bail hearing continues in faked-suicide case

A bail hearing will resume later this week in the case of a central Newfoundland man who led families and police to believe he took his own life in 2006.

Driver was screaming while reporting attack, court told

A trial has begun in St. John's of two men accused of beating a cab driver last winter, with a court being told that the driver under attack sounded like he was screaming for his life.

Weather office flunked on rainstorm forecast: councillor

A St. John's city councillor says it is unacceptable that weather forecasters provided no advance warning of heavy rains that hit the city Saturday evening, leading to widespread flooding and property damage.

Pipe cutter injured at St. John's work site

Investigators with the Newfoundland and Labrador government's occupational health and safety office were called to a St. John's work site Monday night after a worker was injured.

Nursing shortage keeps Grand Falls pediatric unit closed

The authority responsible for hospitals and clinics in central Newfoundland says an ongoing nursing shortage will keep a pediatric unit closed.