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.
After nearly two months, water customers in the Region of Queens Municipality are no longer under a boil-water advisory. The municipality posted a message on its website Thursday saying that the provincial Environment Department had approved lifting the measure and that "water quality production issues" had been resolved. The advisory had been in place since Aug. 9, after the area's water treatment facility was damaged by a lightning strike during a storm.
