The Last of the Ice Hunters
April 23, 2014: St. John's - The Last of the Ice Hunters is a history of the seal hunt, an industry now in decline, but one which provided the few opportunities for employment to Newfoundlanders and [...]
April 2014
Video: CSA projects good 2014 harvest
April 17 - 2014 St. John's CSA director Frank Pinhorn is interviewed on this NTV news item regarding this years projected positive outlook for the sealing industry despite the heavy ice conditions. Positive outlooks [...]
Opening Day
April 14, 2014 - St. John's : The commercial seal harvest opens today. The 2014 quota will allow for the harvest of up to 400,000 harp seals. It is hoped between 60,000 and 100,000 will [...]
Video: On the hunt for survival
April 10 - 2014 - A Canadian Inuit campaign defending seal hunting reveals a community in crisis. Pictures of Canada's Inuit proudly wearing seal skin started as a playful Twitter campaign in response to criticism of [...]
March 2014
#Sealfie – Sealing community tweets in style
In response to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres's epic selfie at the Oscars this year, northern community sealers and families have opted to remind her in the way of "Sealfies" via Twitter that her criticism of [...]
Jacob S. Dalton: Sole Survivor of the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster
March 27, 2014: Submitted article: We kindly received a touching and intriguing story and account of the sole survivor of the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, Jacob S. Dalton, from his grand daughter Courtney (Waye) George and we [...]