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Province issues permanent licence for Manitoba Hydro's Churchill River Diversion

Province issues permanent licence for Manitoba Hydro's Churchill River Diversion

The provincial government has issued licences with new operational terms to Manitoba Hydro for two programs that critics say have devastated the environment and economy in parts of the north. Manitoba Hydro's Churchill River Diversion and Lake Winnipeg regulation projects both control water levels of the Nelson River. Created in the 1970s and renewed annually since 1986, both have been controversial when it comes to impacts on Indigenous communities.