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.
Agriculture and AgriFood Canada
With groundwater an important resource in P.E.I., a collaborative research project is looking at what effect agricultural practices have on it. Scientist Yefang Jiang and technician Ana Kostic from Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC) were in Kinkora recently collecting samples to see how farming impacts water quality as part of the Living Lab – Atlantic project.
