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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Waterfront property owners in South Cowichan encouraged to plant their shorelines

Waterfront property owners in South Cowichan encouraged to plant their shorelines

In partnership with Watersheds Canada, the Shawnigan Basin Society is offering a new program that will see the society work with waterfront property owners in the South Cowichan watershed to restore their shoreline by planting native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers. With shorelines facing the likelihood of increasing high flood levels and erosion rates, the SBS said it is proud to be engaged in Watersheds Canada’s Natural Edge Program by becoming the first program partner in British Columbia last year.

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