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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Brossard on Montreal's South Shore lifts boil-water advisory

Brossard on Montreal's South Shore lifts boil-water advisory

The city of Brossard has lifted a boil-water advistory that had been in place since Saturday. Results from a lab analysis on the weekend showed Brossard's aqueduct network contained traces of E. coli. In a statement on its website Tuesday, the city said the advisory had been lifted.

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