Nicole Hancock
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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Appeal 'a way of protecting extraordinary water resource,' resident says

Appeal 'a way of protecting extraordinary water resource,' resident says

A Tiny Township group and the municipal council are ready to put up a fight for the township's groundwater. Both Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations (FoTTSA) and the township will be filing a notice of appeal against CRH Canada Group Inc.'s recently renewed permit to take water for aggregate washing at the Teedon Pit. "Appealing this permit to take water is very important as a way of protecting an extraordinary water resource," said Judith Grant, member of Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations (FoTTSA).

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