Sable Island, one of Canada’s farthest offshore islands, is an isolated and rugged place. But for the world’s biggest breeding colony of grey seals, it’s the ideal winter home. In 1960, there were onl...
Chef Jean-Philippe Bourassa-Caron prepares poached eggs and a bordelaise sauce for a new feature at his Chez Boulay restaurant in Quebec City. The sauce and eggs complement an unexpected part of this ...
There are few issues more controversial in Canada and around the world than the annual seal hunt that takes place in the waters and on the ice floes off Atlantic Canada. The bloody images, the heated ...
There are few issues more controversial in Canada and around the world than the annual seal hunt that takes place in the waters and on the ice floes off Atlantic Canada. The bloody images, the heated ...
When a Vancouverchef put seal on the menu this weekhe attracted some negative attention — but in Nunavut icy chunks of raw whale blubber and seal meat are common fare. Seals are not endangered, so why...
A spokeswoman for the Canadian arm of the Humane Society International is clarifying the group's position on the Inuit seal hunt, as a protest against TV star Ellen DeGeneres in the North gains suppor...
When a Vancouverchef put seal on the menu this weekhe attracted some negative attention — but in Nunavut icy chunks of raw whale blubber and seal meat are common fare. Seals are not endangered, so why...
A spokeswoman for the Canadian arm of the Humane Society International is clarifying the group's position on the Inuit seal hunt, as a protest against TV star Ellen DeGeneres in the North gains suppor...
When a Vancouverchef put seal on the menu this weekhe attracted some negative attention — but in Nunavut icy chunks of raw whale blubber and seal meat are common fare. Seals are not endangered, so why...
When Aaju Peter led a group to The Hague, Netherlands, in 2007 to protest European legislation banning sealskin products, she knew she was in for a long fight, after decades of anti-sealing campaigns....
When Aaju Peter led a group to The Hague, Netherlands, in 2007 to protest European legislation banning sealskin products, she knew she was in for a long fight, after decades of anti-sealing campaigns....
Massive seal cull mulled The Senate's fisheries committee has endorsed a contentious cull of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence over a four-year period, in a bid to conserve cod stocks. The...
A Vancouver chef is making the unusual move of offering Newfoundland seal on his menu, saying he wants to introduce urban West Coasters to "a truly Canadian delicacy." Edible Canada's Eric Pateman cho...
Membertou First Nation wants to revive the seal hunt in Nova Scotia and find new ways to use seal byproducts. The band has been piloting a grey seal harvest and is teaching community members how to hu...
A Vancouver chef is making the unusual move of offering Newfoundland seal on his menu, saying he wants to introduce urban West Coasters to "a truly Canadian delicacy." Edible Canada's Eric Pateman cho...
Aibillie Elijassiapik was out hunting seals near Inukjuak, Que., when he noticed his catch had an abnormally protruding belly. He assumed the seal was pregnant, and pregnant it was — but what he found...
Membertou First Nation wants to revive the seal hunt in Nova Scotia and find new ways to use seal byproducts. The band has been piloting a grey seal harvest and is teaching community members how to hu...
Massive seal cull mulled The Senate's fisheries committee has endorsed a contentious cull of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence over a four-year period, in a bid to conserve cod stocks. The...
More research is needed on the impact of seals on dwindling East Coast fish stocks, federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray said Thursday, in response toa report by the region's fisheries industry. Pa...
Efforts by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to measure the impact of the massive seal population in Atlantic Canada are "woefully inadequate," according to a newly released task force report. Th...
