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

Martin Kendell

Burnaby 2021 federal election candidate Q&A: Martin Kendell

Burnaby 2021 federal election candidate Q&A: Martin Kendell

I have been opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion since day one. The extraction of oil from Alberta's tar sands is one of the most environmentally unfriendly things that Canada does, and uses large amounts of energy and fresh water to achieve its goal. However, I also understand that the pipeline expansion is one of the major components of the FIPA trade deal that Stephen Harper ratified with China in 2014, and if Canada didn't expand the capacity of the pipeline that there would be major consequences and penalties with international tribunals.

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