It’s hard to see how the Dwight Ball government’s decision to hive off a piece of Nalcor to create a new Crown Corporation for the offshore oil industry makes any financial sense.

Is Ches Crosbie walking funny lately? He should be, because it can’t be easy strolling around with a horse shoe up your kettle.

CBS Mayor Terry French says that the construction of a new library in the town is still a priority.

He’s yet to be sworn-in, but newly elected Topsail – Paradise MHA Paul Dinn says he is already on the job and tackling issues for residents.

The Jumping Bean is looking to hop the border.

Some people are saying Gerry Rogers is leaving the NDP in the lurch, scurrying out on the verge of the provincial general election and not quite a year after she won her party’s leadership in a contest against Allison Coffin, a Memorial University economist who brought fresh ideas and a new take on politics to the race.

The results of the Topsail – Paradise by-election left a smell of blood in the water for hardcore political watchers and prognosticators.

Voters in Topsail - Paradise are in a queer predicament this by-election: They have three good candidates on the ballot, but they represent three lousy parties.