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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Council exempts new water reservoir from sustainability policy

Council exempts new water reservoir from sustainability policy

St. Albert city council unanimously granted a water project an exemption to the city's own sustainable building policy on April 18, after city staff recently noticed the project's design potentially wasn't up-to-code environmentally. Despite the $33 million budget, the Sturgeon Heights Reservoir and Pump Station replacement project, which is already under construction, would need an estimated maximum of $1 million in additional funding if it were to be green certified as all new municipal buildings must be under the city's Sustainable Buildings Policy. 

Teck Doubles Water Treatment Capacity at Elkview Operations

Teck Doubles Water Treatment Capacity at Elkview Operations

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) Teck announced today that commissioning is now underway at its Elkview Saturated Rock Fill (Elkview SRF) expansion, which doubles the water treatment facility’s capacity to 20 million litres of water per day. The Elkview SRF has been achieving near complete removal of selenium and nitrate from up to 10 million litres of water per day since 2018 and is part of Teck’s ongoing work to implement the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan (EVWQP). The goal of the EVWQP is to maintain the health of the watershed in the area of Teck’s B.C. steelmaking coal operations.

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