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.
Environment and Climate Change Canada also made a submission proposing changes to the amendment sought over water quality monitoring and mitigation. "What is at stake is whether it's acceptable to put the environment in jeopardy because safeguarding the conditions are not easy for a project to comply with," said Saxby who has lived in Squamish since 2001. "If a project isn't able to comply with its conditions, it should not be able to continue."
We’ve now pushed into the most severe drought rating for Metro Vancouver and some other parts of B.C.’s parched south coast, with no real relief in sight. Much of the region is now at level five, right at the top of the province’s scale — the Lower Mainland basin, including Squamish, along with the Sunshine Coast and western Vancouver Island. The rest of the Island, the region stretching from the Fraser Valley to areas north of Pemberton, the Kettle Basin east of Kelowna, and the entire northeastern corner of B.C. is just one level below, at level four.
Warmer temperatures and heavy rainfall are expected for Squamish, prompting the municipality to brace itself for another series of rising water events. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Howe Sound. Rainfall of between 75 to 100 mm is expected between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. "Rising freezing levels with melting snow giving rise to high stream flows and localized flooding," the alert reads.
As the temperature dipped to a new low at Squamish in Canada, frazil ice, which is somewhat of a rarity, was captured on camera. In a video in which the rare phenomenon has been captured, it looks as if a stream is instantly disappearing before the eyes as the snow covers the area. Sharing the video on Twitter, one user, Brad Atchison, wrote: “An example of rarely seen Frazil Ice from Shannon Falls in Squamish, BC yesterday morning. The stream disappears instantly before your eyes.” The video has taken the internet by storm.
