Greece out of the Eurozone and back to the drachma?

THUNDER BAY – International News – The election on Sunday in Greece has the potential to have a major impact on the country’s economy as well as the entire Eurozone. Voters in France and Greece have sent a message to politicians that they want an…

Amur Leopard in China captured on camera

THUNDER BAY – The first-known camera trap photos of an Amur leopard in China have recently been taken by protected area staff in Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve in Jilin Province according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Coupled with Jilin Province’s recent announcement of…

Does Brazil have the strength to uphold its own laws?

THUNDER BAY – Aboriginal Now – Stephen Corry, Survival International’s Director stated, “If Brazil allows more of its original people to be sacrificed for some truckloads of timber it will be an enduring…

Pope Benedict XVI – “Surrexit Christus, spes mea” – “Christ, my hope, has risen”

VATICAN – Leaders Ledger – Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world!

“Surrexit Christus, spes mea” – “Christ, my hope, has risen” (Easter Sequence).

May the jubilant voice of the Church reach all of you with the words which the ancient hymn puts on…

Pope Benedict XVI Delivers Good Friday Message in Rome

VATICAN – Leaders Ledger – Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his Good Friday message in Rome.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Once more in meditation, prayer and song, we have recalled Jesus’s journey along the way of the cross: a journey seemingly hopeless, yet one that…

Canada Continues to Lead Western Hemisphere on Property Rights

THUNDER BAY – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, along with the International Property Rights Alliance, have released the 2012 International Property Rights Index (IPRI). The 2012 Index, measures the protection of property rights in 130 countries. Joseph Quesnel, policy analyst with the Frontier Centre…

The “unsinkable Titanic” has come, over time to represent many things

THUNDER BAY – The “unsinkable Titanic” has come, over time to represent many things. From the power of nature over man, to the arrogance of man in making things, and to how the class distinctions of those times, only a century ago, have changed. Katherine…

NASA – Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade

WASHINGTON — Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, resulting in ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of toxic mercury in the Arctic, according to a new NASA-led study. The…

‘Human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament

THUNDER BAY – The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the Jarawa tribe’s reserve. Presented to the House of Commons by MP Andrew George,…

Post-Racial Society? Not Yet: Poll Shows ‘Stark Racial Divide’ Still Exists in America

THUNDER BAY – Claims that the United States entered a post-racial era with the election of Barack Obama are premature, according to political scientist Pearl Ford Dowe of the University of Arkansas. Her research shows that stereotypes stigmatizing African Americans and Latinos remain strong.

“According to the…