Manitoba Hydro could be looking at spending huge dollars to protect all of its generating stations against invasive zebra mussels.

Should the city raise the riverwalk several feet? Should the province use the floodway to help reduce summer and spring flooding on the path? Global News dove into these questions to help find a solution.

Winnipeggers have a complicated relationship with the river. The popular perception of the Red is one of pollution; full of raw sewage, junk and at times, dead bodies.