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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Uranium City may finally get clean drinking water back after 20 years: auditor's report

Uranium City may finally get clean drinking water back after 20 years: auditor's report

Uranium City residents may soon be able to turn on their taps and have clean drinking water, something they haven't had in decades. The Water Security Agency issued a precautionary drinking water advisory for the tiny northern community in May 2001 and an emergency boil water advisory in February 2015. Both those advisories are still in effect. According to the latest provincial auditor's report, the province is in trying to secure $1.7 million in federal funding under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to fix the Uranium City water treatment plant.

How colonial systems have left some First Nations without drinking water

How colonial systems have left some First Nations without drinking water

Rebecca Zagozewski, executive director of the Saskatchewan First Nations Water Association, said she has seen contractors save on costs when building water treatment plants on reserves by using obsolete parts and failing to include maintenance manuals, ventilation or chemical rooms, and bathrooms. “Engineering companies will put in their bids obviously as low as they can go,” said Zagozewski.

COVID-19 making it harder for Harrietsfield residents to access drinking water

COVID-19 making it harder for Harrietsfield residents to access drinking water

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it even harder for some residents in Harrietsfield, N.S., to get clean drinking water. The Halifax-area community's well water has been contaminated for years, forcing dozens of households to get potable water from nearby St. Paul's United Church or bring it home from work. With many businesses shut down and people working from home, that's no longer an option, said resident Marlene Brown.

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