Energy giants ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy are drilling an exploratory well 500 kilometres east of Newfoundland, in waters about 30 times deeper than those at the provinces existing oil projects.

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has begun giving regular updates to the Innu Nation on the progress of Churchill Falls negotiations with Hydro-Qubec, but Grand Chief Simon Pokue says the concerns of his people are still being sidelined.