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.
MLAs are reviewing the commissioner's 2021-2022 annual report in the legislature this week, on Monday and Tuesday. Information, Steele says, is crucial to all government work. "It's an important piece of everything to do with health, water quality, COVID and housing — to make sure that the people of the territory have the information they need to make up their minds about whether or not their government is doing a good job," he told CBC News Monday.
