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.
The agency that represents Ontario’s water-power producers says they could add another 5,000 megawatts to the provincial power grid through a combination of new plant construction and operational efficiencies made at existing stations. “We’ll know more once we have completed a technical study,” said Paul Norris, the president of the Ontario Waterpower Association, on Tuesday.