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.
Not even water? No, not even water. I feel like fasting Muslims should buy merchandise with this phrase so they can point to it as needed. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It marks a 29- to 30-day period — depending on when the next moon is sighted, signalling the beginning of a new month — in which observing Muslims abstain from eating or drinking between the Fajr prayer (which occurs when dawn breaks) and the Maghrib prayer (which occurs when the sun is fully set).
