Mount Pearl is open for business.

And to prove it, council and city staff unveiled several initiatives last week to aid local business operators during an event at City Hall held in conjunction with Newfoundland and Labrador Innovation Week.

Paul Lane isn’t worried about being an election longshot as he seeks to be re-elected as the provincial representative for the Mount Pearl-Southlands district without the backing of a political party.

Jim Lester allows there was an adjustment period during his first year-and-a-half in provincial politics, but the farmer, businessman and now politician is hoping to build on that experience as a member of the next governing party as he seeks re-election in Mount Pearl North.

After seeing no one else stepping up to the plate, David Brake is hoping to give Mount Pearl a taste of what the NDP has to offer.

Community volunteer Hasan Hai says that he just wants to make Mount Pearl - Southlands — and the province — a better place.

Whether she wins a seat in the provincial election later this year or not, Gillian Pearson may become known as the woman who stopped Paul Lane from rejoining the Progressive Conservatives.

William Neville says that political reform is the answer for Mount Pearl North — as well as the rest of the province.

Former NDP candidate Nicole Kieley is the Liberal candidate for the district of Mount Pearl North.

Councillors with the City of Mount Pearl are sending a letter of condolence to New Zealand in the wake of terrorist attacks which left 50 people dead.

Mount Pearl residents who violate the cities’ building regulations will now face a stiffer fine.