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

Rideau Canal

The magic of ‘HYDRA: The Spirit of Water’ beckons at Kingston Mills

The magic of ‘HYDRA: The Spirit of Water’ beckons at Kingston Mills

“HYDRA is a cavalcade of contemporary artworks, visualizations, and soundscapes inspired by our connection to water,” said Tricia Knowles, Calliope’s Artistic Director and the lead creator of HYDRA. “The show tells a story of how the spirit of water has become trapped (quite literally in plastic) by greed, pollution, and destruction, and offers hope by showing how coming together to honour her can help her to reclaim her power. It is our goal that folks are inspired to truly connect with the land that we’re on and to give energy back to the water that has healed and held us.”

Parks Canada explains why it raised water levels on Tay, Christie Lake

Parks Canada explains why it raised water levels on Tay, Christie Lake

Parks Canada raised the water levels on the Tay River and Christie Lake in part to maintain water levels on the Rideau Canal. “Parks Canada did perform operational work to increase the outflow from Bobs Lake dam,” wrote Aarin Crawford, a public relations and communications officer with Parks Canada’s Rideau Canal Ontario Waterways section in Smiths Falls, in an email exchange with The Perth Courier five days following the initial request. “The outflow increases were conducted to compensate for evaporation demands in the navigation section (of the) Rideau Canal.”

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