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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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Waste water in London, Ont. is showing high COVID positivity

Waste water in London, Ont. is showing high COVID positivity

Waste water data has become a valuable asset in determining the level of COVID-19 within a community and in London, it shows an increase. The January surge of Omicron quickly dissipated in February, but COVID cases have seen an increase in the last few weeks based on data from waste water testing data. “You don't want to look at one sample in isolation, you want to look at sort of the trend. And what I've noticed is if I look at the month of February versus the month of March, we're around three times higher,” said Chris DeGroot, an assistant professor at Western University.

Lansdowne residents warned of sodium in water

Lansdowne residents warned of sodium in water

A notice was dropped in mailboxes and shared online for residents of Lansdowne recently about elevated sodium levels in the drinking water. The notice from the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit stated that the medical officer of health had instructed them to inform residents of the test results. A sample taken on Jan. 13 revealed the sodium at 58.4 mg/l, and a repeat sample taken on Jan. 18 has shown a sodium level of 70.8 mg/l. Any level of sodium above 20 milligrams per litre must be reported to the medical officer of health, stated the notice.

Fluoride expected to return to Windsor water supply in the fall, health unit says

Fluoride expected to return to Windsor water supply in the fall, health unit says

Region's top doctor says oral health has suffered without fluoride. If all goes to plan, fluoridated water will be flowing from local taps this fall for the first time in years, according to the top public health doctor for Windsor and Essex County. Dr. Wajid Ahmed, medical officer of health, said that the planned reintroduction of fluoride into the water supply was delayed due to studies done by Enwin Utilities Ltd. water division to ensure that it wouldn't impact ongoing lead control efforts.

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