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.
The Town of Tecumseh unveiled the region's first high-water rescue vehicle that can safely provide access to severely flooded areas. Tecumseh Fire Chief Wade Bondy showed off the new vehicle, known formally as Support 2, during a news conference Tuesday. "We have had two historic floods in the region — it was a few years ago — where we did actually take some of our current fire trucks through, did a little bit of damage because we exceeded the water capabilities of those trucks," said Bondy.
