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.
Death is a destination we are all headed towards but what happens after you die is limited in Canada, depending on where you live. The cremation rate in Canada has risen by roughly 25 percent over the past 20 years to reach approximately 75 per cent in 2021. But now, interest is growing in alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, or “aquamation.”
