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.
BlueTriton officials stressed there is no plan to increase water taking for bottling and their operations in Wellington County are not impacting surface water levels. The conglomerate, which bought Nestle Waters Canada in 2021, held an annual engagement meeting earlier this week on technical data gathered from Jan. 1 to Nov. 15 last year. The former company also held these meetings with stakeholders from local municipalities and water organizations.
