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.
You can find the symbols of Sudbury on the city's skyline. The Big Nickel, the Superstack and the green water tower perched over the downtown. But that tower hasn't had any water in it for nearly 30 years. It was replaced by something else that can also be seen on Sudbury's skyline, but is far from iconic and is most often ignored. Inside a hill in the Minnow Lake neighbourhood, sandwiched between Howey Drive and the Kingsway, is the Ellis Reservoir.
