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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Kootenay River ‘interests’ to take centre stage in upcoming Columbia River Treaty talks

Kootenay River ‘interests’ to take centre stage in upcoming Columbia River Treaty talks

The plight and height of the Kootenay River will be the current of conversation when the Columbia River Treaty talks go virtual early next month. A virtual information session is slated for Feb. 2 — with another on Jan. 30 on the Columbia River — to provide details and answer questions about the process, with the focus on Kootenay River “interests.” Those interests — as well as information on the Columbia River Treaty Local Governments Committee’s initiative — will be revealed in the two webinars, along with the performance measures that have been identified to date.

Plans outlined for Willow Estates flood mitigation

Plans outlined for Willow Estates flood mitigation

Flood mitigation plans for the Willow Estates area east of Drumheller Valley Secondary School (DVSS) were revealed during a virtual information session hosted by the Drumheller Resiliency and Flood Mitigation Office (DRFMO) on Thursday, March 31. The community was affected by flooding in both 2005 and 2013 and, along with the risk to homes in the area, there is also risk to vital infrastructure-the town’s main water supply lift station.

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