Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.
At least 35 cases of ready-to-drink baby formula will soon be on the way to Iqaluit after an Ottawa woman arranged with Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. to get the product on a flight Friday. Claudine Santos is the director of parliamentary affairs to Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson. She is also the president and co-founder of VIO Volunteers, a non-profit organization that was formed during the pandemic to support northern remote Indigenous communities get access to PPE and other emergency products.
