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.
Due to a continued trend of falling water levels in the Pine Coulee Reservoir, the Town of Claresholm and the M.D. of Willow Creek have implemented stage 3 water restrictions. This water restriction impacts the town of Claresholm, Hamlet of Granum and the Willow Creek West Waterworks System (this system consists of the Claresholm Industrial Airport and Pipeline Water Co-op).
