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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Fishery shut because Nova Scotia Power using all the water, Gaspereau fishermen say

Fishery shut because Nova Scotia Power using all the water, Gaspereau fishermen say

Peter Croft, a director of the Gaspereau Squarenet Fishermen’s Association, said that the low water levels are caused by a combination of Nova Scotia Power’s operation of a hydroelectric dam upstream and a combination of low snowfall during the winter and little spring rain. “In the fall and winter (Nova Scotia Power) actually drains the lakes fairly low, generating power,” said Croft. “What they hope for is to recoup water by snowmelt or heavy rains before we fish in the spring. They did all the draining this year but then we didn’t get enough water back (from rain and snowmelt).”

Surfmasons River Surfers propose artificial wave for lower Current River

Surfmasons River Surfers propose artificial wave for lower Current River

When you picture someone surfing, the first image that comes to mind is probably not just below the Boulevard Lake dam in Thunder Bay, Ont. A group of surfers, led by Brett Sharman, the president and founder of the Surfmasons River Surfers Association, hopes city council will be interested in an idea that could turn the lower Current River into a surfers paradise. Sharman said the proposal is to have the city alter its permit to take water from the river, to fill an artificial pool below the dam, which would act as a reservoir for an artificial wave, that would spill over for a few hours a day.

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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