St. John's: -   Home From The Sea, the organization formed to pay respect to the those who perished on the ice back in the 1914 sealing disasters are close to unveiling a memorial to [...]

April 24, 2014 - St. John's:    Ice conditions for this year's seal harvest is proving difficult for some sealers and this will mean an elongated season that will go well into May. As of April [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

April 1- 2014 -    This short animation is a remarkably vivid account of the 1914 tragedy in which 132 men were stranded on the ice during a severe snowstorm off the coast of Newfoundland. 78 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]