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Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sails The Northwest Passage With The Franklin Expedition Search Team

August 25, 2014 Pond Inlet, Nunavu Prime Minister’s Office

Introduction

As part of the 2014 Search for Franklin Expedition, Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent two nights with members of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Kingston, travelling from Pond Inlet to Arctic Bay in Nunavut. The HMCSKingston is en route to Victoria Strait, as part of a broader 2014 team searching for the ill-fated 1845-46 Franklin Expedition vessels: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.
- Monday, August 25, 2014

Trade with Europe easier than trade within Canada

Toronto, – With Canada recently opening up international markets with historic trade agreements, it is time to drop trade barriers between our own provinces. As Canada’s premiers come together in Charlottetown this week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is urging them to use international agreements like the Canada-EU free trade agreement as a model for modernizing trade within Canada’s borders.
- Monday, August 25, 2014

The Commons Hotel Celebrates Fields Medal First

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – In celebration of Maryam Mirzakhani’s recent honor — marking the first time in history a woman has ever been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, The Commons Hotel, conveniently located close to downtown Minneapolis on the University of Minnesota campus, is thrilled to unveil the Au=M² package, starting at $226*/night. Inspiring travelers to embrace their inner-geek with elements that honor the first female Fields Medal winner, Maryam Mirzakhani, The Commons’ Au=M² package includes overnight accommodations, two tickets to experience the new “Math Moves” exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota, in-room welcome amenities – including the current issue of Popular Science, and breakfast for two at The Beacon Public House.
- Friday, August 22, 2014

UKRAINE: Young Mission Workers Murdered

Source: Far East Broadcasting Company, VOM source Four young Christian workers were recently captured by pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine and brutally beaten to death. According to a ministry affiliate, they were killed simply for being Christians. "These young men were faithful Christians who cared about evangelizing their countrymen by using personal witnessing, as well as media," he reported. "We are deeply saddened and shocked."
- Thursday, August 21, 2014

Babe in the Bunker lands in the Pod

Here’s the BIG announcement everyone: you can now hear Barbara - - on a regular basis on a new, internet audio-website! 
 
 It’s thetalkpod.com. It just launched this week and special features are continuously being added to give you the kind of listening pleasure that you’ve lost in terrestrial radio.
 

- Saturday, August 16, 2014

IRAQ: Suffering Overflows as Militants Displace Thousands

Sources: World Watch Monitor, AFP Horror and chaos continue to abound in Iraq, as armed jihadists of the militant group "Islamic State" (IS, also referred to as ISIS) took over the country's largest Christian town, Qaraqosh, and nearby Christian settlements early on August 7th. Qaraqosh, a city of about 50,000 people in Nineveh Province, sits between Mosul and Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region. IS took over Mosul in July, and many of the city's remaining Christians fled eastward to Qaraqosh, sometimes called the Christian capital of Iraq.
- Thursday, August 14, 2014
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