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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Why a California beach town just banned balloons

Why a California beach town just banned balloons

Celebrations in a beachside California city will soon have to take place without an iconic, single-use party favour: balloons. The city council of Laguna Beach, about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles, banned the sale and use of all types of balloons recently, citing their contribution to ocean litter as well as risks from potential fires when they hit power lines. Starting in 2024, people using balloons on public property or at city events could incur fines of up to $500 for each violation. (Balloons used solely within people’s homes are exempt.)

Drinking water owner and operator fined $21,000 for Safe Drinking Water violations

Drinking water owner and operator fined $21,000 for Safe Drinking Water violations

The convictions are for failing to: Comply with a ministry order by failing to measure the rate of flow through the chlorine residual analyzer daily and to record this information in the water treatment plant logbook, operate the system’s chlorine analyzer in accordance with prescribed standards, by failing to ensure a qualified person took appropriate action when there was good reason to believe that the equipment was malfunctioning, keep records of drinking water tests for at least two years, specifically continuous monitoring data for free chlorine residual at the system

Regulator lays charges against Tidewater Midstream for acidic water release

Regulator lays charges against Tidewater Midstream for acidic water release

The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid charges against Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. for a release of acidic water in west-central Alberta. The regulator says the release occurred in Oct. 2019 at Tidewater’s Ram River sour gas processing plant near Rocky Mountain House. It says the acidic water flowed into a nearby creek. Calgary-based Tidewater has been charged with 10 violations under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, including releasing a substance to the environment that caused or may have caused an adverse effect.

New spills into wetlands, river crossings reported along Line 3 pipeline construction route

New spills into wetlands, river crossings reported along Line 3 pipeline construction route

Minnesota regulators say there have been more releases of drilling fluid along the Line 3 oil pipeline construction route than previously reported. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, there were 28 releases at 12 river crossing locations from June 8 to Aug. 5. In one instance, on July 6, about 80 gallons of fluid entered the Willow River in Aitkin County.

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