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.
He was a safe drinking water pioneer. Hans Peterson was one of the founders of the Safe Drinking Water Foundation He dedicated his life to helping rural communities with their water treatment issues. Peterson died of a heart attack last week at the age of 68. This morning..we look back on his career and the invention that changed the lives on a number of Saskatchewan First Nations.
