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.
What do the highly popular and Instagrammable sights of The Cowichan River, Garibaldi, and Joffre Lakes have in common? Water! 20% of the world’s freshwater flows in Canadians lakes and rivers, and Coors Seltzer is the hard seltzer on a mission to protect it! Last year, Coors Seltzer funded several projects across Canada, including the Hanceville fire reforestation project. Now in its second year on shelves, Coors Seltzer will more than double its 2021 water restoration goals.
The town of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island will start using pumps to keep the local river flowing, due to one of the most severe droughts its watershed has experienced. Water from Cowichan Lake will start being pumped into the Cowichan River on Thursday. Catalyst Crofton, the company that will manage the process, says 11 droughts have plagued the Cowichan basin since 1998.
