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.
Conservation Halton is calling on residents to voluntarily reduce their water consumption by 10 per cent due to the dry conditions currently being experienced by the region. In a news release issued on Tuesday, Aug. 2 the local conservation authority noted that between May and July the Halton watershed received 20 per cent less rain than normal for this time of year.
