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.
The increased flows overnight are the result of water management dam adjustments to address the higher-than-normal water levels caused by the recent precipitation. Over the past three days, the watersheds have received over 60 millimetres of rain, which represents 75 percent over the normal precipitation values for the month of June.
