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.
A boil water advisory issued last week for Délı̨nę, N.W.T., has been lifted. In a news release on Tuesday, the territory's chief public health officer said that normal use of drinking water in the community can resume. The advisory was issued on Friday because health officials said water in the community had higher turbidity, or more mud in it than usual.
