Sarah Smellie
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Protestors prompt Hydro-Québec to suspend work at proposed plant in Labrador
Protesters have blockaded a Hydro-Québec work site at a proposed hydroelectric project in traditional Innu territory in Labrador, prompting the utility to suspend its operations in the area.
Some Newfoundland hydrogen companies fall behind in bills as industry hype 'boils off'
Newfoundland and Labrador is owed millions of dollars in fees from green energy companies, underlining growing doubts about whether promises of major projects and multi-billion dollar investments will pan out.
Homes destroyed, people evacuated as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland
Residents of two small communities in eastern Newfoundland fled their homes Thursday as a wildfire raged along the shore of Conception Bay, burning houses and other buildings about 45 kilometres northwest of St. John's.
Could at-home test strips prevent drug deaths? Some experts say yes, but it's complicated
Canadians are dying alone from toxic drugs and experts say easier access to at-home drug-testing strips could help prevent deaths. But they warn the strips have limitations.
Some Canadian governments are rethinking their reliance on Starlink for critical services
More than half of Canada's provincial and territorial governments buy critical internet and emergency communications services from Starlink — a satellite constellation owned by billionaire Elon Musk.
An energy deal addressing past inequities has been signed between Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
The new agreement in principle will see Hydro-Québec pay 30 times more for power from the Churchill Falls hydroelectric station in Labrador, and shell out $3.5 billion for the right to partner on the new installations with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
All signs point to energy payment deal between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
Officials from both provinces have been working to negotiate a new deal surrounding the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant in Labrador. The current agreement, signed in 1969, is widely seen as lopsided in Quebec's favour.
Should the feds have given millions to a self-identifying Indigenous group?
As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.
Federal politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador distance themselves from Liberal brand
Alex Marland, a political science professor at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., says he was surprised to see how blatantly the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberals seem to be distancing themselves from their federal counterparts as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's popularity drops in the polls.
Trudeau begins EU-Canada Summit in Newfoundland with research announcement
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off a two-day summit with the top two heads of the European Union on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, night in a small brewpub on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city of St. John's.