Hi KASHA science fans, The launch date for this new space telescope is scheduled for December 25 but it can be delayed. See the latest information on the launch time here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-update This telescope will surpass the capabilities of the Hubble telescope. It is the most powerful telescope ever built. The telescope will be able […]
Source: CBC Market Place – https://www.cbc.ca/news/marketplace Some pharmacists working in Canada’s top drugstores are recommending homeopathic products to consumers, even though, experts say, these products are essentially sugar water or sugar pills with no scientific evidence they can do what they claim, a CBC Marketplace investigation has found. Host Asha Tomlinson and Marketplace producers spoke with 10 pharmacists […]
UBC researcher developed the packaging for the vaccine’s payload that delivers it to our cells Pieter Cullis is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Colombia. He developed an essential technology for the most successful COVID vaccines. (Paul Joseph/UBC) Every week, more Canadians are rolling up their sleeves to get […]
May 11, 2021 – May 16, 2021 KASHA is pleased to announce KASHA member Janice Selbie’s on-line conference on religious trauma. KASHA members can get a discount of $15 USD – use code MAIL15. See full details here: https://pheedloop.com/CORT/site/home/ WELCOME to the inaugural Conference on Religious Trauma. Our goals for CORT include educating therapists and […]
During the time of the Covid, stargazing and astronomy have become a very popular pastime. We can all go outside and look up. There is an active astronomy group in the Valley, the Okanagan RASC (Royal Astronomy Society of Canada), with a lot of talented observers. RASC provides its members with an observer handbook (https://rasc.ca/handbook […]
Electric automobiles are popping up everywhere now. Even the big three (Gm, Ford, Chrysler) are back in the game. And how about an all-electric Hummer from GM! Things have changed from the time when they were killing off the electric car. Remember the 2006 documentary, ‘Who Killed the Electric Car’. Canada is leading in this […]
Wendy and I would like to pay tribute to a truly amazing Canadian, The Amazing Randi. James Randi was born on August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario and died on October 21, 2020. He lived most of his life in the United Stated and held dual citizenship. We saw Randi (and I got his autograph!) […]
A Letter to BC Political Party Leaders for the 2020 Provincial Election Dear Party Leaders, I am president of Kelowna Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists Association and a member of the BC Humanists and I live in Kelowna. Here in British Columbia, there is a growing number of people like myself who derive their ethics through a rational and reasonable thought […]
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals have reintroduced a bill that would ban forcing children or adults to undergo therapy aimed at altering their sexual orientation or gender identity. The government had previously introduced the legislation in March, just before Parliament shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then their decision to prorogue in August […]
Source: Pentication Herald, 2020-09-17 by Ken Tapping If you have ever spent a summer night by a beaver pond or boggy area you may have seen brief, greenish-white flickering flames. If so, you have seen Will-o’-the Wisp. In English folklore he is a nasty-minded little elven creature whose hobby is to lure ignorant travellers further […]