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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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Paper can't be a solution to plastic waste': Canadian environmentalists warn about the rise in single-use paper products

Paper can't be a solution to plastic waste': Canadian environmentalists warn about the rise in single-use paper products

The prohibition of single-use plastic products is crucial to Canada's plan of achieving zero plastic waste by 2030, but with the ban, environmentalists are growing increasingly concerned about the amount of paper packaging being used in its place. "We absolutely need to shift away from using plastics as much as we do, but trading in plastic pollution for deforestation and forest degradation is not the answer," Canopy founder and executive director Nicole Rycroft told CTV News. "We really need to make sure we do not create another environmental disaster."

EDITORIAL: Planet under stress

EDITORIAL: Planet under stress

In his 1963 science fiction novel, author Walter Tevis writes about an extraterrestrial who travels to Earth in a grandiose quest to ship water back to his dying planet.  If the novel was re-released today, the extraterrestrial (who, incidentally, was played by rock legend David Bowie in the 1976 movie version) would more likely take one look at our once pristine home and keep on moving in hopes of finding a more inviting celestial object. 

Enjoy your guac while you still can: Why some chefs are smashing the avocado trend

Enjoy your guac while you still can: Why some chefs are smashing the avocado trend

Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, told CTV's Your Morning on Tuesday that avocado production is linked to a loss of biodiversity, water shortages and deforestation. According to the Water Footprint Network, a single avocado requires nearly 230 litres of water to grow, compared to an orange that needs about 50 litres, or a tomato that requires 13 litres.

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