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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Rare, flesh-eating bacteria on the rise in U.S. waters. Will it reach Canada?

Rare, flesh-eating bacteria on the rise in U.S. waters. Will it reach Canada?

A rare and fatal flesh-eating bacteria is slowly creeping up the eastern U.S. coast, and some experts warn that it could eventually find its way into Canada if climate change continues to heat our oceans and lakes. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is usually found in subtropical regions, like the Gulf Coast (in states like Florida and Texas), which is home to warm waters with low salt content. But a recent study published on March 23 in the Scientific Reports journal said that over the last few decades, there has been an increase in the bacteria in northern locations near New Jersey and Delaware.

Rare, flesh-eating bacteria on the rise in U.S. waters. Will it reach Canada?

Rare, flesh-eating bacteria on the rise in U.S. waters. Will it reach Canada?

A rare and fatal flesh-eating bacteria is slowly creeping up the eastern U.S. coast, and some experts warn that it could eventually find its way into Canada if climate change continues to heat our oceans and lakes. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is usually found in subtropical regions, like the Gulf Coast (in states like Florida and Texas), which is home to warm waters with low salt content. But a recent study published on March 23 in the Scientific Reports journal said that over the last few decades, there has been an increase in the bacteria in northern locations near New Jersey and Delaware.

Hyponatremia or low sodium syndrome: Did you know drinking too much water can kill as electrolytes level dips?

Hyponatremia or low sodium syndrome: Did you know drinking too much water can kill as electrolytes level dips?

You may have heard of the water-drinking contest held by a radio station in the US in 2007 that caused the death of a woman named Jennifer Strange. The radio station was fined $16.5 million in the compensation payable to the dead woman’s husband following the wrongful death lawsuit. Strange suffered hyponatremia, or acute water intoxication. Immediate medical care might have saved with an IV sodium drip to counteract the water, the doctor testified. She had been drinking water for nearly three hours without urinating during the January 12, 2007 contest. She died of water poisoning.

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