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.
Dr. Kevin Huffman, a physician from Vermilion, Ohio, told Fox News Digital that drinking a gallon of water per day has health benefits that can aid weight loss and fitness goals — but the practice has limits. "Water intake helps boost metabolism while keeping you hydrated throughout the day," Huffman said. "Also, consistent hydration helps you feel satiated for longer parts of the day, reducing your food consumption and facilitating weight loss."
Meanwhile, China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, and samples brought back from its 2020 mission have revealed a new source of water that could be used in future explorations. “Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts occur,” according to a recent Associated Press story. While mining these beads might be a challenge and their water content is minuscule, they do exist in vast numbers and could yield a substantial amount of H20.
After gazing upon a distant star, an international team of scientists may have discovered the “missing link” behind the origins of water in our solar system. Their findings, published in Nature last week, suggest the water we drink, bathe in, originates from the space between solar systems, billions of years before the birth of our sun. “Carl Sagan once said we are all star stuff,” said John Tobin, the study’s principal investigator and a U.S.-based scientist for the National Radio Astronomy Laboratory, to the Star. “ … The water that's part of us is also, in some ways, star stuff as well.”
