Youth Water Walk held in Saugeen as opioid crisis reaches epidemic proportions

May 18, 2022 @ 1:49 pmLocal News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

The Water Walkers from Saugeen pose for a group photo after the ceremony finished in Sauble Falls. Left to right Mila Nevin, Tina Roote, Scott Parent, Conrad Ritchie, Cherylyn Kitchicake holding her daughter, Siniis Ritchie, Joe Kabalan, Tania Kabalan, Jim Stinson and his daughter Eden. (Cory Bilyea photo)
SAUGEEN TERRITORY – Zhawanong Miigiizii Kwe (Southern Eagle Woman or South Eagle), whose English name is Tania Kabalan, organized a special Water Walk for the youth of Saugeen on May 14 to pray for the water and the community. Firekeeper Lorne Pawis lit the Sacred Fire to begin the ceremony shortly after 9 a.m. as…
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Cory Bilyea is a reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.