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

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City of Regina seeks input on tax and water utility affordability programs

City of Regina seeks input on tax and water utility affordability programs

The City of Regina is seeking input from residents on how to improve affordability for low-income property taxpayers and water utility customers in a new online survey. “Regina strives to be an inclusive, attractive and sustainable community where residents of all income levels can thrive,” said Mayor Sandra Masters in a recent news release. “We want to address affordability in a meaningful way, and we encourage all Regina residents to share their feedback on program options and their level of support for affordability programs by taking the survey.”

U of R researcher finds high municipal water rates becoming a burden on low-income households

U of R researcher finds high municipal water rates becoming a burden on low-income households

With some of the highest municipal water rates in Canada, a University of Regina (U of R) researcher says the city should start thinking about affordability programs for low-income families. “The international benchmarks tell us we should be in trouble now, because people who are living at the Statistics Canada low-income cut off are already paying more than the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) says they should be paying,” Jim Warren said in an interview Thursday.

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