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.
To address very high-water levels and flows caused by recent high amounts of rain, Parks Canada says it will be moving water on the Trent River from Hastings to Trenton. This will happen after navigation hours starting Friday, Sept. 24. “This will result in unsafe boating conditions,” said a Parks Canada spokesperson.
