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Capping power rate hikes due to Muskrat Falls will cost $3.5B by 2030, says N.L. Hydro report
Capping power rate increases due to the vastly overbudget Muskrat Falls project will cost $3.5 billion between now and 2030, according to the latest forecast prepared by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
N.L. government paid $300K for ferry thruster it doesn't need
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure "could not provide an explanation for the purchase" of a ferry thruster, according to a report from the province’s comptroller general that found "significant procedural deficiencies" regarding procurement and inventory.
Opposition to seal ban grows within EU, where hunters alliance is optimistic rules will change
A group representing hunters in the Nordic countries says it’s more optimistic than ever that the European Union will lift a longtime ban on trading seal products that deprived Canadian sealers of their primary market.
Ottawa shirked own guidelines when it reopened commercial cod fishery, say scientists
Fisheries scientists say the federal government ignored its own guidelines when it hiked cod quotas off the northern and eastern coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Federal fisheries minister ignored DFO advice by reopening commercial cod fishery
Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier ignored the advice of staff within her department when she reopened Newfoundland and Labrador’s commercial cod fishery in June.
Major deepwater drilling underway 500 km off Newfoundland
Energy giants ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy are drilling an exploratory well 500 kilometres east of Newfoundland, in waters about 30 times deeper than those at the province’s existing oil projects.
Innu grand chief says Churchill Falls talks with N.L. Hydro 'not enough,' concerns still sidelined
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has begun giving “regular” updates to the Innu Nation on the progress of Churchill Falls negotiations with Hydro-Québec, but Grand Chief Simon Pokue says the concerns of his people are still being sidelined.
The Rooms exhibit referring to Beothuk as 'Indians' unchanged years after promised review
Changes still haven't been made to an exhibit at Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial museum in St. John's that describes the Beothuk as "Indians," despite a promise that The Rooms's CEO made almost five years ago.
New generation needed quickly, says Hydro report on electricity demand
New electricity production is needed and the clock is ticking to increase generation, according to a new study from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
Man allegedly 'treated like an animal,' drank toilet water at HMP while awaiting deportation
A man was held at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s for more than a year after serving his prison sentence, enduring "catastrophic" conditions while federal authorities sorted out his immigration status, according to documents.