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.
A New Brunswick filmmaker is diving into his passion by producing an under-water film to draw attention to the quality of rivers across Canada. Shelley Steeves has more as Harrison Burton hopes his film will encourage all levels of government to invest more in studying Canada’s vast number of freshwater lakes.