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

Tignish

Tignish, P.E.I. issues boil water advisory after chlorine system malfunction

Tignish, P.E.I. issues boil water advisory after chlorine system malfunction

The Town of Tignish issued a boil water advisory on Friday, Sept. 3. The situation arose after the town’s chlorine system was hampered during Thursday’s storm, which brought record-breaking rainfall amounts to many parts of the province. That morning, some of the equipment in the town’s pump house malfunctioned, said Tignish Mayor Allan McInnis. The malfunction also caused one of the lines to erupt and flood part of the pump house. As a result of that damage, the town had to shut down its water system while a maintenance crew drained the water. After the water system was back online that afternoon, the crew noticed the chlorine system was no longer functioning properly.

Boil water order issued for Tignish

Boil water order issued for Tignish

A boil water advisory has been put in place in the town of Tignish, P.E.I. Residents on the municipal water system are being urged not to drink the town's water or cook with it until it's boiled, following a malfunction with the town's water system. "We went door to door with pamphlets from ... Environment P.E.I. and let all the people know there was a boil order," Tignish Mayor Allan McInnis says.

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