A Conception Bay South lawyer recently acquitted of sex crimes is suing the police officer who led the investigation into him, the prosecutors who handled his case, the Department of Justice and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

Tristar Electric, which installed a new runway lighting system at Stephenville Dymond International Airport, filed a statement of claim at Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in late July two months after the company slapped a lien on the airport property, claiming it hadnt been paid for all of its work there.

Injured workers, family members, supporters and union officials packed a courtroom in Clarenville on Thursday morning, as two companies made their first court appearance related to a fatal explosion at the Come By Chance refinery.