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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Notice of Study Commencement: Water and Wastewater Servicing and Capacity Master Plan

Notice of Study Commencement: Water and Wastewater Servicing and Capacity Master Plan

The City of Kawartha Lakes has experienced a significant increase in growth over the recent years.  The Water and Wastewater Servicing and Capacity Master Plan was initiated to identify the existing servicing constraints and provide a long-term water and wastewater servicing strategy that supports existing communities and growth to 2051 and beyond (ultimate buildout). The study will conform to provincial policies and legislation, Official Plan, Growth Management Strategy and other existing and ongoing planning initiatives.

Watershed alliance wants Sudbury, Ont., to stop building major roads near watershed

Watershed alliance wants Sudbury, Ont., to stop building major roads near watershed

The Greater Sudbury Watershed Alliance wants the northern Ontario city to stop building major roads near the city's watershed. The group says because arterial roads are legislated to be clear of snow between three to eight hours after a snowfall, the city has to use salt to reach that target. Smaller, less busy roads, though, don't have the same requirements in place, and the city can use sand for traction instead.

Woodfibre LNG project near Squamish, B.C., seeks amendments to environmental assessment

Woodfibre LNG project near Squamish, B.C., seeks amendments to environmental assessment

Environment and Climate Change Canada also made a submission proposing changes to the amendment sought over water quality monitoring and mitigation. "What is at stake is whether it's acceptable to put the environment in jeopardy because safeguarding the conditions are not easy for a project to comply with," said Saxby who has lived in Squamish since 2001. "If a project isn't able to comply with its conditions, it should not be able to continue."

TBM planning water tower rehabilitation project

TBM planning water tower rehabilitation project

The Town of The Blue Mountains has selected CIMA Canada Inc. to provide engineering services for the rehabilitation of the Victoria Street water tower. The town is planning for rehabilitation of the tower after an environmental assessment identified the best option was to reconstruct the tower. The work will include stripping the existing coating from the exterior and interior of the structure, exterior and interior steel repairs, interior lining upgrades and exterior coating upgrades.

Environmental assessment of Northern Pulp's mill restart plan begins

Environmental assessment of Northern Pulp's mill restart plan begins

The clock has started on the environmental assessment process for Northern Pulp's proposal to restart its beleaguered pulp and paper mill in Nova Scotia's Pictou County. Last week, the company filed a registration document with the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change, and on Tuesday the department formally registered the project. Now begins the process of a Class 2 environmental assessment — the more rigorous of the province's two environmental assessment options.

Public comments on proposed N.S. gold mine overwhelmingly negative

Public comments on proposed N.S. gold mine overwhelmingly negative

Of the 117 comments submitted to the government recently about a proposed gold mine on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, just one was unequivocally in favour of the project. Almost all of the other commenters were squarely opposed to Atlantic Gold's Fifteen Mile Stream proposal, which would see a 400-hectare open-pit mine developed in the Liscomb Game Sanctuary, about 30 kilometres north of Sheet Harbour, N.S.

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