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Allegations of patronage and a cozy relationship between a billionaire and a Canadian premier are threatening to upend a multibillion-dollar green energy project.

Depending on who you talk to on the Port au Port Peninsula, the region is either on the brink of an economic transformation or walking an environmental tightrope.

Premier Andrew Furey read off a long list of accomplishments during his speech at the provincial Liberals' annual fundraiser Wednesday night, to rapturous applause from attendees.

3 new shows worth planning a day around feature works by Maud Lewis, Jack Bishop and more at AGNS, The Blue Building and the SMU Art Gallery.

Three members of the Stephenville council and the town manager flew back from a conference in Europe on a private jet owned by the billionaire businessman who wants to create a green hydrogen industry in western Newfoundland.

It’s the biggest retrospective of the artist the province has seen in about a decade.

The PC Opposition are questioning the timing of Brendan Paddick's resignation from a government energy committee — ahead of a major wind announcement.

During question period on Wednesday, Premier Andrew Furey once again ignored demands to table receipts for his vacation in Labrador

Opposition MHAs had questions on Tuesday about the provincial government’s plan to replace St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s — and if that plan includes a building contract awarded to a company with ties to the Liberal Party.

The three-phased hydrogen plant plan is expected to cost upwards of $16 billion, according to Sean Leet. When completed, it could produce over three gigawatts of power — more than three times the amount the Muskrat Falls project is expected to produce.