Congratulations on Leo XIV for carrying on the tradition of popes from Chicago.
Mark Bellis
Hi all, journalist photographer, Blogging since 1996. Written for Toronto Star, Cité Libre, Toronto and Ottawa Sun and Ottawa Citizen. email markbellis@spamcop.net, enjoy! All content copyright Mark Bellis, and other copyright holders unless where noted.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Bad news for Good
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Update on nine deaths in St. Lawrence
Nine people drowned trying to cross the St. Lawrence in 2023 near Cornwall. I went to an interesting presentation at Cline House in Cornwall on the weekend - Abraham Francis, a scientist from Akwesasne was on the panel discussion, along with Victoria E. Ransom, Christine Fitzgerald, Jérôme Marty and Stephany Hildebrand and Francis talked about how the cutbacks Trump was making to NOAA could cause them to lose vital data on climate change, and encouraged us to vote in the federal elections on April 28, because changes in policies can affect our lives. He said when Trudeau and Biden signed an agreement a few days before the deaths to allow the deportation of refugee claimants to the first country they passed through and one of the families that died were trying to get across the border before that policy came into effect. Francis was friends with Casey Oakes, who was said to be the pilot of the boat that capsized, causing him and the passengers to drown.
Monday, April 28, 2025
Google Calendar not showing schedule / agenda view
I wondered why I couldn't get the same schedule or agenda view of my Google calendar on my android phone that I had on my PC desktop. Then I found I only had Samsung Calendar on my new phone and I had to install Google Calendar on it.