An aboriginal group voted in favor of an agreement to approve the multi-billion dollar Lower Churchill hydropower project in Labrador.The agreement approves the Lower Churchill hydro project, settles the land claim and provides compensation for the Churchill Falls Dam that was built in the 1960s.Joseph Riche, grand chief of the Innu nation, said that in preliminary results the community of Sheshatshiu voted 84percent in favor, while the community of Natuashish voted 96 percent in favor. There are about 2,400 Innu living in the Labrador communities of Sheshatshiu and Natuashish.
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