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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BUDGET 2023-2024 - Press release no. 6 of 6 - $2.4 billion to fight climate change and protect biodiversity and our water resources

BUDGET 2023-2024 - Press release no. 6 of 6 - $2.4 billion to fight climate change and protect biodiversity and our water resources

The government is using Budget 2023-2024 to diversify and consolidate its environmental measures. Initiatives totalling $1 billion over five years will make it possible to protect biodiversity and our water resources and to promote good environmental practices. In addition, for a second consecutive year, the government has substantial additional revenues from the carbon market. These revenues will be used, among other things, to enhance the 2030 Plan for a Green Economy. Today, Budget 2023-2024 confirmed that the 2023-2028 implementation plan will benefit from an additional $1.4 billion.

B.C. isn't effectively overseeing safety of dams, auditor general finds

B.C. isn't effectively overseeing safety of dams, auditor general finds

The British Columbia government has not effectively overseen the safety of the 1,900 dams it regulates, says the auditor general. Michael Pickup said the Ministry of Forests, Land, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development has not adequately verified or enforced dam owners' compliance with key safety requirements. "So I'm trying to balance making sure that it's clear to people that we're not suggesting, you know, dams are unsafe," Pickup told a news conference Tuesday.

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