First Nation in northern Manitoba proposes class-action lawsuit after winter power outage
First Nation in northern Manitoba proposes class-action lawsuit after winter power outage

A man wearing an Indigenous headdress holds up a bound lawsuit to the camera.

A northern First Nation hit by a power outage that led to evacuations and damaged infrastructure is suing Manitoba Hydro, the province and the federal government, alleging negligence after years of warnings the community's power line was "old and vulnerable."