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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Brown and Caldwell names Dave Bergdolt as western Canadian leader

Brown and Caldwell names Dave Bergdolt as western Canadian leader

There’s a new leader at Brown and Caldwell. Vice-president Dave Bergdolt has been promoted to Western Canada area leader, according to a news release. Bergdolt brings three decades of water and wastewater infrastructure and treatment expertise to the position, which will be “key in helping the region overcome environmental and water-related challenges,” reads the release. He started with Caldwell about 15 years ago and has overseen numerous projects including wastewater facility expansions, water quality improvements and sewer system rehabilitation.

Government of Canada backs innovative tech company specializing in water quality management that helps protect the environment and human health

Government of Canada backs innovative tech company specializing in water quality management that helps protect the environment and human health

Investment supports BioAlert Solutions, a growing Canadian cleantech company, and will help Canada minimize the risks of pathogens in industrial and commercial water systems. Canada's cleantech entrepreneurs are proving their power to take on today's environmental challenges. Working in partnership with innovative companies, the Government of Canada is supporting the growth of a greener economy. Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Élisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke, announced an investment of $900,000 in Sherbrooke-based BioAlert Solutions through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). This is the first SDTC investment in BioAlert and part of a partnership that will help the company advance its water safety monitoring technology to minimize the risks and costs associated with Legionella contamination.

A Canadian in Iceland: The country's first lady on how her adopted home is tackling climate change

A Canadian in Iceland: The country's first lady on how her adopted home is tackling climate change

But it's the wetlands and bird sanctuary, just a few metres away on the presidential estate, to which Reid and her husband, President Guðni Jóhannesson, draw the attention of a visiting CBC News crew. "We had ditches there," Jóhannesson said, pointing to a grassy area close to the shoreline. "They were dug in the 1930s to cultivate the land. Now, we are filling up those ditches [with water]. It's a case of wetland reclamation."

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