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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Upcoming Festival du Loup over the moon to be low-waste event

Upcoming Festival du Loup over the moon to be low-waste event

Tiny was also the first Blue Community in Ontario and third in Canada, as a municipality that recognizes water as a human right, bans the sale of bottled water in civic spaces, and supports the public ownership of water utilities. “In order to support this commitment and thanks to capital funding received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation 15 accessible and touchless water fill stations will be installed in the fall 2023 at 12 municipal parks (five beach parks and seven inland parks), including Lafontaine Park," Desroches told MidlandToday through email. However, without those water refill stations installed prior to the festival, Petitpas shared that La Meute worked to find a solution. “Getting water refill stations was a bit of a conundrum since no local company rents mobile water fill stations,” said Petitpas. “We got creative and will have big five-gallon water jugs with pumps (filled with municipal water).” Reusable water bottles with festival logos will also be sold at the all-day event.

Kingston, Ont. one of Canada’s top cities for reusable water bottles

Kingston, Ont. one of Canada’s top cities for reusable water bottles

Residents in Kingston, Ont. are enjoying reusable water bottles more than almost any other city in Canada, new numbers show. The Statistics Canada Households and the Environment Survey released on Monday finds 95 per cent of households in Kingston use reusable water bottles, the second highest in the country. Lethbridge, Alta. leads the way in using reusable water bottles in Canada, with 97 per cant of households having at least one person using their own water bottle. St. Catharines-Niagara and Peterborough had the lowest use of reusable water bottle usage, at 85 and 84 per cent respectively.

Kortright Hills students video on reusable water wins national energy competition

Kortright Hills students video on reusable water wins national energy competition

Kortright Hills Public School is among five schools across Canada to win a video challenge that promotes energy conservation. The team Water Rockers from Kortright participated in the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge, a joint initiative supported by Canadian Geographic and Shell Canada that saw over 550 classrooms participate in 17 challenges related to energy conservation for prizes totalling $45,000. Wearing masks and holding up signs, Kortright students were seen sharing the environmental, financial and health benefits of using a reusable water bottle in their video which received 25,531 votes and won $1,500.

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