Newfoundland News

When a Mainlander thinks of Newfoundland the general imagery is likely that of ruggedly beautiful landscapes, mutilated harp seals, or cheery yet slightly rakish men with incomprehensible accents.

A lone figure is seen walking on top of wreckage from the Ocean - SRanger in this 1982 file photo.

A New Jersey man whose company guarantees that its hydrogen-injection kits for cars and trucks will produce mileage gains of 50% or more has won a key stage of his battle with the Federal Trade Commission after a Federal Judge ruled the agency had not been able to disprove his claims.

Newfoundlanders like seditious stunts. Think of 22 Minutes 's Marg Delahunty laying a mile-wide lipstick skid on Stephen Harper in 2004 and just last year sending Toronto mayor Rob Ford beetling up his driveway to call 911.

Given those choices, the Defence Minister decided to go with latter.A "Mr. Speaker, our government has always respected the law and our position is clear," Peter MacKay reported.

The Retail Council of Canada wants the federal government to step in to prevent what the council says are unreasonable shipping rate hikes by Marine Atlantic.

Where other steak houses have lost me , Black & Blue won me. It's the best steak house in the city, writes restaurant critic Mia Stainsby in Thursday's Vancouver Sun.

"On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I extend my most sincere condolences to the family of Florence Green who is the world's last known First World War Veteran.

Liberal MP Gerry Byrne can't often count on getting support from the majority of the people of this province but Monday he hit on a topic on which few could disagree.

Hear that? That's the sound of the wheels once again falling off the Newfoundland government's 30-year-old Lower Churchill campaign bus.

A New Jersey man whose company guarantees that its hydrogen-injection kits for cars and trucks will produce mileage gains of 50% or more has won a key stage of his battle with the Federal Trade Commission after a Federal Judge ruled the agency had not been able to disprove his claims.

"It is truly a privilege to mark the 60-year reign of a Sovereign who has dedicated her life to the service of others and who has demonstrated pride and affection for Canada," said Honourable John C. Crosbie, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, in a press release this morning.

Hear that? That's the sound of the wheels once again falling off the Newfoundland government's 30-year-old Lower Churchill campaign bus.

Well, bless him, Father Newf, for he has sinned: our journalist-turned-politician actually dared to ask a question about the future of that most motherhood of industries, the Newfoundland seal hunt.

A New Jersey man whose company guarantees that its hydrogen-injection kits for cars and trucks will produce mileage gains of 50% or more has won a key stage of his battle with the Federal Trade Commission after a Federal Judge ruled the agency had not been able to disprove his claims.

For someone who presides over the government of a "have" province enjoying an oil boom, Premier Kathy Dunderdale sure is pessimistic.

In an ironic twist, a labour shortage in Newfoundland and Labrador could be partly to blame if the province loses a $100-million offshore oil contract from ExxonMobil.

Cleary was recently photographed sporting a borrowed sealskin vest to an interview about the seal hunt.

Here's to the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation for finally realizing that Newfoundland and Labrador continues to be distinct in terms of geography, heritage, culture and even linguistics.

A New Jersey man whose company guarantees that its hydrogen-injection kits for cars and trucks will produce mileage gains of 50% or more has won a key stage of his battle with the Federal Trade Commission after a Federal Judge ruled the agency had not been able to disprove his claims.