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Natural Resources Minister Ma\u00eft\u00e9 Blanchette V\u00e9zina and Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafreni\u00e8re announced Tuesday they were meeting with three Atikamekw communities in Quebec&#8217;s Mauricie region, roughly 200 kilometres north of Montreal. 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