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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The real cost of renting a hot water tank

The real cost of renting a hot water tank

What they don’t tell you is that hot water tanks are mechanically very simple, require little to no maintenance and last an average of 16 years. By installing a far more fuel efficient electric heat pump water heater, they estimated we could reduce our overall home energy consumption by 11 gigajoules per year, which translates into over 3 megawatts and potentially, hundreds of dollars annually in energy savings. However much to my horror, on further inspection I discovered that unbeknownst to my wife and I, that in order to get out of our current hot water tank rental with Enercare (which we inherited from the previous owners), we would be legally obligated to first purchase our current seven year old tank at a cost of over $1,100.

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