Natalie Kyriacou | โHow Will History Judge Us?โ | Democracy, Climate & the Future Australian author and environmentalist Natalie Kyriacou delivers a powerful and deeply provocative address at the Reclaiming Democracy Together launch event. Opening with the question, โHow do you think we will be written about in history books?โ, Natalie reflects on the contradictions... Continue Reading →
Natan Obed on Mary Simon – “An Inuk woman and the Crownโs representative in Canada”
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Last Updated June 7, 2026 7:41 am. OTTAWA โ Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says heโs proud of how Gov. Gen. Mary Simon used her time in office to seek a balance between her dual identities as an Inuk woman and the Crownโs representative in Canada โ roles... Continue Reading →
Okanagan Gleaners โ An Okanagan miracle story
Gleaner: Noun; a person who gathers small amounts of grain or other produce left behind by regular harvestersโMiriam Webster There is a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is plantedโEcclesiastes You may not have heard about the Gleaners, but you need to know about them, and if possible you should join... Continue Reading →
Fill me with living water
A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton // Sunday June 7, 2026 by the Very Rev. Ken Gray I am sure that Archdeacon Peter (O'Flynn) and I have both struggled on occasion to find just the right sermon topic. At times, there are far too many options. Today is a good... Continue Reading →
AI and a bottle of water, every time you request assistance
Reposted from Space Daily Editorial Team ยท Editorial process - First published June 3, 2026 The figure for a single email comes from a 2025 peer-reviewed paper in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. The paper, titled โMaking AI Less Thirsty,โ sets out the... Continue Reading →
Forget the โWind beneath your wingsโ โ What really matters is the stuff beneath your feet
The Good Book says: Who having ten silver coins, if they lose one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until it is found? โ Luke 15:8 [Ken Gray] Many years ago we had a Yellow Lab named Cleo. As with all our dogs we often went to the... Continue Reading →
Falling in love with the womb of the world, again
The Road to Santa Marta, by Emile Theresa Smith - Mad Love for the World Daniel Maestre invites me to sit across from him beneath a giant mango tree. The wide branches above shade the whole area beside the kankurua, the sacred house. Three months ago, arsonists destroyed the original kankurua. The new house is... Continue Reading →
Houston, we have a problem
[Ken Gray] This past week has been a horror show of personal technological challenges. I am normally pretty good at solving glitches, at creating digital workarounds, at reaching out to support systems when necessary. This past week, however, was different. In preparing for a funeral I needed to edit a Youtube video. Easy-peasy I thought.... Continue Reading →
So where should we sit when attending a Blue Jays game in July?
[Ken Gray] As son, Cameron and I have tickets for a Jays game in Toronto in late July, I have all sorts of fears. For one thing, they are playing the Tampa Bay Rays with whom they are frequently on the losing end. The experience of a win in the Rogers Centre is a huge... Continue Reading →
โWater is lifeโ: Syilx Okanagan Nation declares watershed emergency
Reposted from Castanet Snowpack levels in the Okanagan and surrounding regions are catastrophically low this year, which has led to wide-ranging concerns over drought and the health of local watersheds. On Wednesday, the Syilx Okanagan Nation formally declared a watershed emergency across the Okanagan, Nicola, Similkameen, Kettle, Salmon and Bessette watersheds. The Nation says itโs... Continue Reading →