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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Homes flood, huge hole opens up after 2 water mains break in Halifax

Homes flood, huge hole opens up after 2 water mains break in Halifax

Separate water main breaks shut down traffic and disrupted water service to thousands of homes and businesses in two Halifax neighbourhoods Thursday, opening up a huge hole along one road and leading to flooding in some homes. A water main break overnight opened a hole and closed part of Herring Cove Road near Dentith Road, Halifax Regional Police said in a news release. Halifax Water said in an email about 7,000 service connections were impacted in the area. The number of people affected is higher, since an apartment building is counted as a single service connection.

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