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

B.C. floods

B.C. Climate News Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, 2022: Sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says | Study suggests climate change made floods at least twice as likely

B.C. Climate News Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, 2022: Sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says | Study suggests climate change made floods at least twice as likely

Here’s your weekly update with what you need to know about global climate change and the steps B.C. is taking to address the climate and ecological crises for the week of Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, 2022. Study suggests climate change made B.C. floods at least twice as likely. Metro Vancouver talks to climate scientist David Holland in Antarctica. More than half of B.C. residents concerned about climate change, but still prefer gas to cook. Sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says

Environment Canada links B.C. floods to human-induced climate change

Environment Canada links B.C. floods to human-induced climate change

Human-induced climate change “contributed substantially” to the atmospheric river and ensuing floods that devastated B.C. last year, a new study by Environment Canada scientists confirms, warning Canadians to brace for more of the same. “The chance this kind of flood will happen has increased by 100 to 300 per cent due to human influence,” Xuebin Zhang, a senior research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, told Canada’s National Observer.

Thousands of carcasses of pigs drowned in B.C. floods pose no threat to environment, composting plant says

Thousands of carcasses of pigs drowned in B.C. floods pose no threat to environment, composting plant says

WARNING: This story contains graphic images of piled-up pig carcasses The Castanet story quoted an Upper Similkameen Indian Band official saying the massive amount of biowaste may contaminate the river and groundwater, something Ocejo says isn't true. The band also sent a letter of complaint to the Town of Princeton on Jan. 11, saying its staff discovered the colossal amount of hog carcasses at the Net Zero Waste facility on Dec.10, and found that leachate and contaminated water were flowing directly from the facility to the Similkameen River's surrounding areas.

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