Nicole Hancock
Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony ...

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.

Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony to heal Chedoke Creek

King Street West

Busy downtown Toronto intersection to be closed for weeks for water main repair

Busy downtown Toronto intersection to be closed for weeks for water main repair

A busy downtown Toronto intersection will be closed for at least two weeks while crews repair a water main that burst over the weekend. King Street West is closed between York and Simcoe streets, and University Avenue is closed between Adelaide Street West and Wellington Street West. The city says that work to fix the water main will take place around the clock. The affected pipe is cast iron and was originally installed 140 years ago, says Bill Shea, director of distribution and collection for Toronto Water.

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