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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First Projects Under Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund Announced

First Projects Under Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund Announced

Two Cape Breton community organizations and people with wells provincewide will benefit from new provincial funding that supports energy efficiency and groundwater research. Environment and Climate Change Minister Timothy Halman announced $1.3 million for three projects today, July 6, in Sydney: energy efficiency upgrades for the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation in Sydney, heat pumps and removal of oil heating for Cape Breton Community Housing Association homes, and research in Cape Breton Regional Municipality and other communities on the impact of climate change on groundwater.

B.C. investment in watershed security offers hope

B.C. investment in watershed security offers hope

On Earth Day (April 22), Living Lakes Canada welcomed the Province of B.C.’s commitment of $30 million for projects that will strengthen B.C.’s watershed security. This is a timely announcement given the 2022 Earth Day theme is “Investing in our Planet.” This new funding is an essential step towards the creation of a long-term B.C. Watershed Security Fund, a provincial government commitment that has broad support from Indigenous Nations, local governments, community organizations and businesses.

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