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

Grand River Conservation Authority

How Waterloo region's water services are preparing for future climate change challenges

How Waterloo region's water services are preparing for future climate change challenges

With Waterloo region's climate projected to be more extreme in the coming decades, officials with the region's water services are already thinking of how to adapt to future changes and challenges. Adapting current infrastructure and future builds to climate change takes time and a lot of planning, said Kaoru Yajima, a senior engineer with the region's water services. It's why that work has already been underway for several years. "We've been seeing changes in the climate for some time. It's not like it just happened today or last year. It's been coming around for some time and we knew that we had to plan," he told CBC Kitchener-Waterloo.

Flood warning in effect along Lake Erie shoreline with high winds and waves forecast

Flood warning in effect along Lake Erie shoreline with high winds and waves forecast

Haldimand County says a flood warning is in effect for the Lake Erie shoreline until Tuesday morning as the area is expected to see strong winds and high waves. The county issued a community notice on Monday, saying the waves could be as high as two metres along the shoreline when the water level peaks in the evening. "Flooding is expected to impact low lying areas along the shoreline and could reach Flood Zone 2," read the notice.

Resident concerned by Roundup use near Guelph Lake

Resident concerned by Roundup use near Guelph Lake

A Guelph resident is concerned about the use of the herbicide Roundup near Guelph Lake after speaking to a worker applying the chemical in the area. Jesse Merrill explained he was driving back from dropping his son off at sailing camp for the day on Tuesday when he spotted a man spraying something on plants growing on the causeway crossing the lake. Through what Merrill termed “a very civil conversation,” he learned the chemical was Roundup and the worker was contracted by the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA).

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