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.
Clean-up crews and the US Coast Guard are trying to locate the source of an oil spill spotted in the Gulf of Mexico after deadly Hurricane Ida. Recent satellite photos by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed the slick about two miles (3km) off Port Fourchon, Louisiana. It appears to be coming from a source underwater at an offshore drilling site, the Associated Press reports.
The Town of Tignish issued a boil water advisory on Friday, Sept. 3. The situation arose after the town’s chlorine system was hampered during Thursday’s storm, which brought record-breaking rainfall amounts to many parts of the province. That morning, some of the equipment in the town’s pump house malfunctioned, said Tignish Mayor Allan McInnis. The malfunction also caused one of the lines to erupt and flood part of the pump house. As a result of that damage, the town had to shut down its water system while a maintenance crew drained the water. After the water system was back online that afternoon, the crew noticed the chlorine system was no longer functioning properly.
