The Honourable Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology, and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada will make an announcement regarding the West White Rose Project tomorrow (Thursday, December 3). They will be joined by Jonathan Brown, Senior Vice President, Atlantic Region, Husky Energy and Karen Winsor, Co-Chair of the Oil and Gas Recovery Task Force.

The announcement will take place at 11:00 a.m. in the main lobby of Husky Energy’s offices, 351 Water Street, St. John’s.

The news conference will be live-streamed on Facebook.

Media planning to attend must RSVP to Lisa Lawlor (lisalawlor@gov.nl.ca) by 9:00 a.m., Thursday, December 3.

Physical distancing and public health guidelines will be in place for this event.

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Media contacts
Meghan McCabe
Office of the Premier
709-729-3960
meghanmccabe@gov.nl.ca

Lisa Lawlor
Industry, Energy and Technology
709-729-5777, 631-8155
lisalawlor@gov.nl.ca