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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Flow Beverage Corp. Enters Partnership with Live Nation Canada To Provide More Sustainable Water Options at Concerts

Flow Beverage Corp. Enters Partnership with Live Nation Canada To Provide More Sustainable Water Options at Concerts

Flow Beverage Corp. (TSX:FLOW; OTCQX:FLWBF) (“Flow” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a partnership to become the Official Water Sponsor of Live Nation Canada, making Flow alkaline spring water available to millions of annual concert goers at nearly 1,000 concerts across Canada. Through its Green Nation charter launched in 2019, Live Nation is seeking to eliminate single-use plastics, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent and become zero waste to landfill by 2030. This partnership will continue that momentum, as well as help drive Flow’s food service segment growth and provide opportunities for sampling and brand partnerships.

Mural on FEDCO building celebrates importance of clean water, sustainability

Mural on FEDCO building celebrates importance of clean water, sustainability

Multiple vignettes flow through the mural connected by an undulating blue wave of water that crashes and rolls from one end of the wall to the other. The piece, a collaborative brainchild of Laporte and FEDCO, was fittingly given the working title "Water is Crucial to Life." It was renamed "Beyond the Current" at the conclusion of the work. "This mural was based around the concept of water being crucial to life. All life," Laporte said. "This project emphasizes the abundance of water that makes up our world, while reflecting the strong community ties in Monroe, as well as the importance of sustainability and the providing of fresh drinking water on a global scale."

BlueTriton bottling remains sustainable despite dry year, says company

BlueTriton bottling remains sustainable despite dry year, says company

While 2022 was the driest year since water bottling companies began monitoring, BlueTriton consultants and officials maintained the company’s water taking for bottling purposes is sustainable. BlueTriton, the conglomerate who purchased Nestle Waters Canada’s operations in 2021, held a sparsely-attended in-person meeting Thursday morning at the Puslinch Community Centre going over 2022 annual monitoring reports for its wells in Aberfoyle and Erin where it has permits to take water for bottling purposes.

Volunteer divers clear trash from Kingston, Ont., water

Volunteer divers clear trash from Kingston, Ont., water

On a beautiful and sunny Sunday in Kingston, Ont., with many people enjoying the sun, a group of local divers strapped on their gear and hit the water in the name of sustainability. At Gord Downie Pier the divers convened toting along their gear in preparation for a trash dive for Sustainable Kingston’s “Underwater Pitch-IN” event. It was the first such event organized by Sustainable Kingston, but the second dive at this location this summer.

Theodore TOO stops in Kingston as part of Great Lakes tour

Theodore TOO stops in Kingston as part of Great Lakes tour

Canada’s famous and beloved tugboat, Theodore TOO, announced on Jun. 9, 2021, that he would set sail from Halifax to his new home in the Port of Hamilton and would become an ambassador to the Great Lakes and the marine industry. The 65-foot life-sized reproduction of Canada’s beloved “Theodore Tugboat” has partnered with Swim Drink Fish and will take on a large role in promoting several of the organization’s initiatives including its Great Lakes Guide, according to the tugboat’s owner, Blair McKeil. “We must ensure access to clean water and promote employment in one of our nation’s most vital and skill-intensive sectors,” said McKeil, President and CEO of Breakwater Investments. “We’re incredibly honoured to join Swim Drink Fish and lend support to its work with Indigenous leaders and sustainability thought leaders in their mission-critical work rallying Canadians around a clean water strategy built on the conservation, restoration and protection of our waterways and Great Lakes. Tugboats have a big job on the water and Theodore TOO has an even bigger mandate now. We’re incredibly excited about the role he’ll play in promoting sustainability.”

Equity is key to the future of Alberta’s watersheds, experts say

Equity is key to the future of Alberta’s watersheds, experts say

For World Water Day 2021, the United Nations wants us to think about how we value water, and the ways it benefits our lives. If we want to continue to have access to water in all the ways we value, UCalgary experts say that equity needs to be the goal: equitable access to water, equitable opportunities to have a say in the future of our watersheds, and equitable consideration of sustainable approaches.

Members of Neskantaga come home today to boil water advisory

Members of Neskantaga come home today to boil water advisory

Another factor in the chief's decision is the fact that the plant still isn't running at capacity. It's designed to produce 3.8 litres of water per second for each of its two treatment lines, but the most it can produce now is less than three litres, according to project progress reports obtained by CBC News. "The amount would still meet the [community's] need," said Lalita Bharadwaj, a professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan who studies access to safe drinking water in First Nations. "But it raises concerns about the sustainability of the system, and operations and management of the system." Bharadwaj said there should be four operators working at the plant — two who are certified and two others from the local community who can receive training, which she said could take years.

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