The Echaquan commission in Quebec hears testimony from the family of the late Joyce Echaquan, painting a grim picture about the day she died at a Joliette hospital. Not everyone feels the Assembly of First Nations election should go ahead this July. Despite First Nations opposition, Manitoba Hydro wins final licenses approval from the province for the Churchill River Diversion.

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