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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New Glasgow legionnaires' disease outbreak declared over by Public Health

New Glasgow legionnaires' disease outbreak declared over by Public Health

A legionnaires' disease outbreak in New Glasgow, N.S., has been declared over, says Public Health. In a news release issued Tuesday morning, the department said there have been no new cases in several weeks. Ten cases were previously confirmed by laboratory testing, and 22 were considered probable.

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