Newfoundland and Labrador
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N.L. government doles out $3.7M for academic-led R&D projects
Aimed at solving technical challenges, closing knowledge gaps across variety of industries
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Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador gets green light
Official approval has pushed mega-project from an idea three decades in planning to $7.7-billion venture
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Last shift for workers as fish plant closes in Newfoundland
Company says was most expensive of its plants to run because of isolated location, size
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Industrial operators in Labrador to be hit with major energy rate hike
Some industrial customers in region currently buying electricity at rates established in 1960s
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Newfoundland exports gain from US rebound, diversification: EDC
Energy sector, province’s export leader, projected to grow by eight per cent in 2013
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Stronger exports, weakened project spending forecast for Atlantic Canada: report
Growth in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick expected to be limited to about one per cent this year
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Skilled labour shortages ebb and flow: CGA report
Issue largely regional, not national, as workers available
