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.
Two new facilities have been unveiled in Fort St. John that are designed to improve emergency training and increase environmental sustainability. The city’s new water recovery facility is now operational and producing reclaimed water for industrial and agricultural uses. The $9.5 million project received a $5 million grant from the federal Gas Tax Fund. It can produce over 4,500 cubic metres, or roughly two Olympic-sized swimming pools, of reclaimed water per day.
