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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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Mapleton council looking for cheaper options for Drayton water tank design

Mapleton council looking for cheaper options for Drayton water tank design

Mapleton council has postponed on choosing a design for the new water tank in Drayton due to the expensive pricing of the proposed designs. At Tuesday’s meeting, Coun. Paul Douglas moved a motion to postpone on choosing a design and to direct staff to discuss different options with the designer to make the designs more cost-effective. “Council wanted to be more fiscally responsible as the designs were too expensive, so they directed staff to gather more information on the options council gave during the meeting and new pricing,” explained township CAO Manny Baron on the phone.

Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations

Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations

“They cut corners every day, every day,” said Justin Gee, vice-president of First Nations Engineering Services Ltd. Gee said he encountered these recurring problems while overseeing the work of a construction firm, Kingdom Construction Limited (KCL), building a water treatment plant 10 years ago in Wasauksing First Nation, along the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, about 250 kilometres north of Toronto. “You have to be on them every step of the way,” said Gee, who was the contract administrator on the project. “You can’t leave them on their own.”

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