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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — While Quebec welcomed the ruling in its favour Friday, Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier said he was disappointed but ready to turn the page Friday, after yet another court loss in the long fight over Churchill Falls power revenues.

Premier Dwight Ball says a Supreme Court of Canada ruling Friday — which leaves his cash-strapped province stuck with a lopsided 1969 deal — will not interfere with the province’s relationship with Quebec.

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“The past is the past. For us, the decision is the decision,” Ball said Friday.

“What I’ve recognized a long time ago (is) we make more progress, we get more benefits for people of our province when we work together.”

Ball suggested there would be no further court challenges from his current government of the decades-old contract that saw Hydro-Québec agree to purchase Churchill Falls power at a fixed rate set to decrease over time.

The deal has since delivered more than $27.5 billion to Hydro-Quebec and around $2 billion to Newfoundland and Labrador.