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.
It’s not every day that one of your virtual classmates is the prime minister of Canada. Just ask the students from Alison Palmer’s Grade 6 class at the Victoria School in Edmonton. When they attended class on Jan. 5, their virtual guest was none other than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But Trudeau wasn’t in the virtual class to learn about social studies, math or history. Instead, he spent an hour answering questions about his job and political promises.
