Recent content by Inukshuk

Early on in this pandemic our church installed 'photo catalytic oxidation purifiers' to the furnaces. Sure hope they work, should we gather for in-person worship.

Awoke to the news from Lytton, this morning. 15 minutes from first signs of smoke to the town being on fire. I cannot even comprehend the panic that those folks must have felt...

I'll be keeping up with the masks and all the 'lock down' covid protocol for a long while yet. I visit an assisted living home 4 times a week and I sure don't want to deliver the Delta or Delta plus variant to our older folks. We're still required to have weekly covid tests in order to visit.

I'll be marking this July 1st as a day of mourning ~ following the lead of the Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario. Seems a little tone deaf to be celebrating when our Indigenous friends are mourning. I'll wear orange and I won't be putting out my Canada flags. I've signed up for a...

Nitrogen is an essential element.

Last Sunday General Secretary of the UCCAN, the Rev Michael Blair, gave the sermon at Metropolitan United. It starts at about the 44 min mark https://www.metunited.org/podcasts/sermons-livestreams/2021-06-06-love-wins

Thought this was interesting. Last week the statue of E Ryerson was toppled, his head taken off and thrown into Toronto harbour. Well the head showed up, on a stake, this week. ~ in Caledonia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/egerton-ryerson-statue-caledonia-land-back-lane-1.6059513

Some haunting paintings by Kent Monkman ~ commissioned by U of Toronto, for an exhibit in 2017

One dose of a vaccine is showing to be only 33% effective against the Delta variant - there is a huge push in north Peel region to get second doses into people.

Yes. Last February and March, Peel had a large number of clusters of asymptomatic covid positive kids transmitting the virus to their families. I don't completely understand the science - however coronavirus originally had a harder time binding to receptors in children's cells. UK and German...

I stress that one of these variants is going to find a way to attack unvaccinated children. Peel Region is down to 3 covid outbreaks at health care institutions .

I agree about finding the origin of Covid19 ~ will be critical to slow down/stop future pandemics

Re: space garbage ~ a piece of debris (too small to be tracked) has hit the Canadarm2 (part of International Space Station) puncturing the thermal blanket and damaging the boom.

I've been thinking of 215 children today ~ and their families ~ and the people of Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation. These children are the horrific testimony of Canada's cruel residential school system

We humans are a fickle bunch ~ as soon as we get vaccines that will save us from 'death by covid' we seem to have the need to create a hierarchy ~ "my vaccine is better than yours" blah blah blah...