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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Affordable housing, universal access to clean water among topics addressed during NDP town hall

Affordable housing, universal access to clean water among topics addressed during NDP town hall

With ongoing boil water advisories in more than 100 communities across the country, Angus said the federal government’s “blanket approach” just isn’t working, and that each community needs to be looked at independently. “For example Attawapiskat, they’re getting their water from a stagnant water pool. I don’t care how much chemicals you pour into that stagnant water, it’s not going to be safe water. Why are we not looking at getting water from a clean source? In Northern Ontario, we have multiple clean water sources. It just means the government has to spend a little more money, put the pipes a little further.”

Rural N.L. towns struggling to pay mounting costs of clean drinking water

Rural N.L. towns struggling to pay mounting costs of clean drinking water

On any given day in Newfoundland and Labrador, there are about 200 boil-water advisories in place in rural communities — and it's not only a problem of public health, but of the viability of small towns themselves. Governments have known for decades the seriousness of the situation, but the problem persists, for several reasons, starting with cost.

'The 500-year flood': Dozens forced from homes in Whitewater Region

'The 500-year flood': Dozens forced from homes in Whitewater Region

Dozens of people in the Township of Whitewater Region have been forced from their homes as water levels on the Ottawa River peaked this weekend. The Renfrew County, Ont., township is about 140 kilometres northwest of downtown Ottawa, and includes nearly 90 kilometres of shoreline. About 100 homes have been affected by flooding, Mayor Michael Moore said Sunday.

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