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

distilled drinking water

Houseworks: Retrieving a broken water-well pump

Houseworks: Retrieving a broken water-well pump

Your best hope is to fish down and try and catch hold of the old wires or some other part of the pump, then pull it up. Find a stout metal hook, tie it securely to a 1/4-inch cord, then try your luck. You might just connect with a loop or hole on the pump and pull it up that way.

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