Summerland Health Care Auxiliary has raised $1M for a new medical hub in town through the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. Planned for 13201 Victoria Road North, the Summerland Health Care Auxiliary Medical Clinic's goal is primary care, supporting physician recruitment and retention, and connecting more residents with ongoing medical care. The Auxiliary's gift will... Continue Reading →
The newest member of the TakeNote team This piece by the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas is part of Sustainable Faith: An Interfaith Season of Creation, a series from Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) in which leaders from across Massachusetts' religious and ethical traditions write, in the first person, about how their faith connects with... Continue Reading →
Published by the CBC Kids team | Last Updated June 04, 2024 Orange Shirt Day began in Williams Lake in 2013 and has since spread to schools across B.C. and Canada. (Orangeshirtday.org) Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) is a day when we honour the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada.... Continue Reading →
With thanks to Fr. Michael Lapsley, himself no stranger to violence and suffering, who shared Dorothy’s story this past week on Facebook. I have never heard this story, but others have. She deserveS beatification if not sainthood. Such an inspiration to us all. KJG When the gunmen asked the 73-year-old nun if she was carrying... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Association of fundraising professionals [An earlier post from takenote.ca sets the scene for today's follow-up blog. KJG] By Ibrahim Hirsi, Truthout Published September 17, 2026 Documentation projects are capturing the brutality of the ICE crackdown and the grassroots resistance that followed. Sabrina Rucker wasn’t just focused on protecting her immigrant neighbors and coordinating... Continue Reading →
A report from Christian Climate Action UK - Some criminals deserve our upmost respect and support [KJG] Rev Sue Parfitt was one of four people on trial this last week for their actions with Insulate Britain. Today the trial ended with the jury being dismissed when they failed to reach a majority verdict. Each morning... Continue Reading →
Daniel Lewis, Sept. 16, 2026 The New York Times Annie Dillard, who as a young American writer walked into the woods and came out with a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the wonders and horrors of creation, the modern classic “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” died on Tuesday at her home in South Wellfleet, Mass. She was... Continue Reading →
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's speech on the 25th anniversary of the 911 terrorist attack ~ Sep 11, 2026 at Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador https://youtu.be/sw-CzpbjA6E Formatted here as a poem, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's speech is one for the ages. Infused by his typical fighting spirit, though graciously offered, his words are a paean to... Continue Reading →
During a cuddle with our newborn grandson yesterday, I said to the assembled entourage that we should watch an episode of Call the Midwife together. Why not, I thought, as our daughter and partner did benefit from the services and friendship of a local midwife. So why not check in with one of BBC’s most... Continue Reading →
A Poem on Hope It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there’s the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which surely will surprise us, and hope is harder... Continue Reading →
