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.
From the beginning of time on earth fresh water supply has been humanity’s main concern. Fresh water is the key to humankind’s prosperity or poverty, comfort or misery. Without fresh water there would be no life on earth. While water covers three-quarters of the earth’s surface, it cannot always be found where it is most needed, when it is needed and in the amounts that are required.
