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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proposed a new transmission line from Bay d’Espoir to the Western Avalon, but before the line started the environmental assessment process, the work required for the project was already underway. And the work is ...

Edible cannabis products – anything from gummies to cannabis-infused honey – are not yet legal in Newfoundland and Labrador, but illicit products are always popping up. Some are being picked up by the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor ...

The Labrador-Island Link is down, for continued commissioning work, including installing software required for full service. With some delays along the way, the line is now not expected to be back up until at least January 2020 — part way ...

To the spruce budworm, for much of its life, tree needles are tasty, and buds for new growth are particularly delicious. A rapid uptick in the local spruce population will damage evergreen forests, as the budworm larvae eats, leaving behind ...

Progressive Conservative Leader Ches Crosbie wants the province’s auditor general to investigate why wetland capping did not happen as planned at the Muskrat Falls reservoir. He has written the Public Accounts Committee, a committee of the ...

A new, 27-kilometre power line has been proposed, to feed power from Nalcor Energy’s Menihek Hydroelectric Station to a mining site on the Quebec-Labrador border. The build will be a Nalcor Energy project. The construction is estimated at ...

There’s really too much to say here about the Muskrat Falls Project, but a few things clearly need to be said. The Muskrat Falls Project was a failure. That seems the right place to start. Whatever may come, the present we have is not the ...

Commissioner Richard LeBlanc is writing his final report from the Muskrat Falls Inquiry, and his considerations will include the final submissions made this week. The lawyers covered a lot of ground, from their respective points of view. The ...

Commissioner Richard LeBlanc took a moment before adjourning the final day of hearings for the Muskrat Falls Inquiry to thank everyone involved, one last time. Then he briefly reflected on the road ahead. The inquiry has heard from 134 witnesses ...

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NL - At the Muskrat Falls Inquiry, the issue of wetland capping in the Muskrat Falls reservoir is being addressed in final submissions, with the premier’s lawyer saying it isn’t for Dwight Ball to investigate what ...