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

proposed gravel pit

Wilmot gravel pit goes before Ontario Land Tribunal today

Wilmot gravel pit goes before Ontario Land Tribunal today

A potential new gravel pit in Wilmot — dubbed the "Hallman Pit" — goes before the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) Wednesday. This appeal was initiated last May after the township council denied Jackson Harvest Farms Inc. a rezoning application, halting the project, township documents show. However, in late February the township, the Region of Waterloo and Jackson Harvest Farms Inc. submitted a settlement to the OLT, seeking to resolve the issue. That would allow the gravel pit to proceed, with conditions.   

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