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.
Rhoda Nanook was alarmed when officials from the local housing authority started testing her home water tank for lead with little warning or explanation. "After all these years, why now?" she asked. "It's kind of shocking to learn that you might have lead in your water supply." Nanook lives in public housing with five others in Taloyoak, Nunavut, where there is a housing shortage. Her daughter Karen Nanook, who shares the house with her, has been on a housing wait list for 10 years.
