Nicole Hancock
Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony ...

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.

Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony to heal Chedoke Creek

Avon River

Nova Scotia pumpkin regatta cancelled indefinitely due to lack of water in Lake Pisiquid

Nova Scotia pumpkin regatta cancelled indefinitely due to lack of water in Lake Pisiquid

The annual pumpkin regatta in Windsor, N.S., that transforms giant gourds into personal vegetable crafts to be raced across a man-made lake has been cancelled indefinitely. Organizers of the Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival made the announcement on Wednesday, citing a lack of water in the lake as the reason for the cancellation. "Lake Pisquid is dry right now and we haven't had a full regatta since 2018, so it just felt, in consultation with our committee, that the timing was right," Vanessa Roberts, the long-time logistics coordinator for the regatta, told Mainstreet from CBC Halifax.

Martock's season to go ahead as ski hill gets OK to make changes to Avon River

Martock's season to go ahead as ski hill gets OK to make changes to Avon River

Work is underway to make changes to Nova Scotia's Avon River to allow freshwater to be pumped to Ski Martock for their snowmaking guns. For years, water has been pumped from the river to the ski hill, which is located near Windsor. But in March, a federal ministerial order stated gates at the river causeway were to be kept open for longer periods to allow for the passage of fish. As a result, water levels receded drastically and there was no way water could be pumped to the hill.

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