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Two years after the Nova Scotia government slapped Nova Scotia Power with a $10-million fine for failing to meet renewable ...
The federal and provincial governments said Monday they have agreed on a plan for Newfoundland and Labrador's Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project aimed at keeping electricity rates affordable, but ...
The fight over the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador appears to have stopped short of reaching a crisis point — including fears around the fate of three protesters staging a hunger ...
The Muskrat Falls project is years overdue and nearly double the cost — $13.1 billion as of September 2020. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 12, 2022.
Despite longstanding and increasingly vocal opposition to the environmentally destructive and highly speculative Muskrat Falls hydro-electric dam project, the Newfoundland and Labrador government ...
Ron Penney, a former deputy minister and a longtime Muskrat Falls critic, says he wants the new Churchill Falls hydro deal to face a referendum.
Since the Muskrat Falls project gained momentum in the late 2000s, Nalcor Energy has conducted its own studies that have minimized the proposed dam’s methylmercury impacts on fishing communities ...
After the Muskrat Falls protests in the fall of 2016, dozens of people were charged criminally and/or civilly with violating a court injunction ordering people not to trespass on the construction ...
A Nova Scotia regulator has approved a 2.4 per cent power rate hike for 2025 to help the province's utility compensate for delays in Muskrat Falls electricity.
Muskrat Falls was officially sanctioned on Dec. 17, 2012. It was touted as a way to kick-start a green energy economy for the province. “This is truly a significant day in the history of ...
HALIFAX – Ottawa is negotiating a $500-million bailout for Nova Scotia’s privately owned electric utility, saying the money will be used to prevent a big spike in electricity rates. Federa ...