Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have signed a sweeping new deal to build new energy projects and throw out a decades-old contract that has long been a source of strife and bitterness for Canada's easternmost province.

The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador reached a new electricity supply agreement in principle with Quebec, apparently ending a long-time dispute with a deal that will increase hydroelectric power in the country’s eastern region.

Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have signed a sweeping new deal to build new energy projects and throw out a decades-old contract that has long been a source of strife and bitterness for Canada's easternmost province.

Quebec Premier François Legault met with counterpart Andrew Furey in St. John's for the announcement of an agreement in principle over the Churchill Falls hydroelectricity plant.

The premiers of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are ready to sign an energy agreement, ending a long-running dispute over the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant in Labrador.

Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are set to sign an agreement on Thursday to end the dispute between the provinces over the multi-billion-dollar Churchill Falls hydro-electric plant.