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

Natalie Jameson

P.E.I. environment minister downplays recommendations on Water Act

P.E.I. environment minister downplays recommendations on Water Act

Environment Minister Steven Myers is downplaying the work of a legislative standing committee tasked with examining Water Act regulations that will govern the use of agricultural holding ponds and high-capacity wells. During question period on Friday, Myers compared the work of an all-party standing committee on natural resources and environmental sustainability, which had been tasked with making recommendations related the province’s Water Act, to Maggie Simpson, a character from the popular TV series The Simpsons.

New irrigation pond raises questions in P.E.I. Legislature Social Sharing

New irrigation pond raises questions in P.E.I. Legislature Social Sharing

Opposition Green MLA Lynne Lund has asked the province to commit to an interim moratorium on large holding ponds used for irrigation. Lund raised the issue in the legislature Tuesday, saying she'd become aware of a new water holding pond for agriculture being built in Queens County. She said she's been told the pond will require several wells to fill it, arguing it will have the same effect as a high capacity well.

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