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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Water briefs: Osoyoos mayor to head up Okanagan Basin Water Board

Water briefs: Osoyoos mayor to head up Okanagan Basin Water Board

The mayor of Osoyoos will serve a fourth term as chair of the Okanagan Basin Water Board. Sue McKortoff was acclaimed by her fellow board members at the OBWB board meeting Tuesday (Feb. 1). Also returning for another term is vice-chair Cindy Fortin, the mayor of Peachland. McKortoff has called the OBWB a “one of a kind” water management advisory board in Canada, citing its progressive initiatives for addressing climate change weather impacts, pushing for better invasive mussels policies to protect regional waterways and to enhance and promote local water use education programs.

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