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.
An Italian tourist who says he ingested bleach while drinking tap water at a Quebec wildlife reserve is considering suing Quebec's provincial parks agency (SÉPAQ) for failing to warn him and his family that the water wasn't potable. Emiliano Piccinin says he, his partner and their eight-month-old daughter started feeling sick not long after they got to their cabin near Étang-à-la-Truite, a lake located in the Matane Wildlife Reserve, on Aug. 14.
The Municipality of Barrington has changed its Emergency Water Assitance Plan. In the past five years, the municipality has seen very dry conditions and according to CAO Chris Frotten explained the need for a change. “With extremely dry weather in the last five years, this is no longer an emergency. It is more of a new normal that we must all prepare accordingly for, ” Frotten said. Previously when homeowners in the municipality saw wells dry up they would be able to visit local fire halls that would provide them with potable water.
