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

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Canada Pension Plan Must Scrap Water Privatization Deal

Canada Pension Plan Must Scrap Water Privatization Deal

CUPE is demanding Canada’s public pension plan abandon projects to invest in a major water privatization scheme in Brazil. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is taking part in a massive selloff of public infrastructure being led by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, while the country is being ravaged by COVID-19. The CPPIB has bought a 45 per cent stake in Igua Saneamento, a Brazilian private water and wastewater company. Igua Saneamento will use a portion of the CPPIB’s $270 million to buy a public water system being auctioned off in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The auction is scheduled to take place on April 30.

Saskatoon water treatment workers reject contract offer from city

Saskatoon water treatment workers reject contract offer from city

The union that represents more than 100 workers at Saskatoon's water and wastewater treatment plants have turned down an offer from the city. Earlier this week, workers in Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 47 voted 93 per cent against the city's latest offer. The union has been without a contract since January 2017.

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