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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Miramichi salmon group wants feds to resume sharing water temperature data

Miramichi salmon group wants feds to resume sharing water temperature data

The Miramichi Salmon Association is calling on Environment and Climate Change Canada to resume sharing water temperature information with the public. The data is integral to tourism and conservation of stocks, says Vanessa McLaughlin, the group's co-ordinator of membership and communications. 

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