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Canadian Parliament: Let Them Eat Seal
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, eating, Canada, environment, protection )

Cher
- 3 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The Canadian Parliament's restaurant will serve seal meat this week in support of hunters battling a European Union ban on seal products, a Liberal Party senator said Monday.
9 comments
Canada to Switch to Plastic Bills Next Year
Offbeat  (tags: Canada, plastic, money, harder to, counterfeit )

Lone
- 4 days ago - cbc.ca
They say money doesn't grow on trees. Well, the federal government has taken that adage to heart -- it announced earlier this week that Canada's paper-cotton banknotes would be replaced by newly designed plastic
11 comments
Where the Wild Things Are - But for How Long in Canada?
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, Canada, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 6 days ago - dailygleaner.canadaeast.com
In much of Canada, you can still find all of the charismatic megafauna that were present at the time of European settlement, including grizzly bears, cougars, wolves and wolverines.
7 comments
An 8-Year-Old's Plea to Stephen Harper
Offbeat  (tags: animals, Canada, protection, letter, kids, environment )

Cher
- 20 days ago - blog.peta.org
E-mail, text, and BBM all you want, but sometimes there's nothing quite as powerful as an old-school letter. Our proof: This 8-year-old's plea to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do something that makes a difference for animals
8 comments
ACTION ALERT:Canadian Tourism Boycott
Offbeat  (tags: Canada, boycott, seals, animals, crime, tourism )

Tonya
- 43 days ago - animalrights.change.org
By boycotting tourism to Canada, especially to Newfoundland and the Magdalen Islands of Quebec, seal hunt opponents can pressure sealers and their supporters to change their stance on the seal hunt
12 comments
ACTION ALERT:Don't Watch the 2010 Vancover Winter Olympic Games Because of the Seal Slaughter in Canada
Offbeat  (tags: vancover winter olympic games, seal slaughter, Canada, animals, government )

Tonya
- 46 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Don't watch the 2010 vancover olypic games because of the annual canadian seal slaughter (the largest massacre of marine mammals on earth)
9 comments
Squirrels Eat Town's Christmas Lights - Except the Red Ones
Offbeat  (tags: Grey squirrels, Christmas, Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick )

Kristi
- 73 days ago - news.com.au
GREY squirrels are ruining Christmas in a Canadian town by eating all the festive lights.Well, not all of them - the red ones seem to be off-limits.
9 comments
Catching the Eye of the Tiger
Offbeat  (tags: year of tiger, chines stles, lunar new year stamps, canada, artist )

Simone
- 73 days ago - torontosun.com
A North York artist drew on his knowledge of traditional Chinese styles, calligraphy and symbolism for Canada's next annual Lunar New Year stamps.
1 comment
Wildlife Can't Be Scheduled to Pose for Tourists' Cameras
Offbeat  (tags: wildlife, canada, tourism, tourists, cameras, wild animals )

Simone
- 78 days ago - huntsvilleforester.com
A visit this summer to Algonquin Park to hear the wolves howl provides a good example of how tourism and our wildlife don't mix. In spite of the incredible organization of the rangers in the park getting 1,500 people into place to possibly hear a pack
2 comments
Canadian Politicians to Dine on Seals?!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, seal meat, politicians, Canada, environment )

Cher
- 112 days ago - blog.peta.org
Well, I just lost my appetite. And it's thanks to the announcement that a "members-only" restaurant will soon be serving seal meat to politicians and journalists who work on Canada's Parliament Hill.
6 comments
Hug Me Don't Club Me
Offbeat  (tags: baby seals, canada, petition )

Barbcat
- 127 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This is a petition to stop the slaughter of the Canadian Baby Seals and the number of signatures needed is only 500. My signature is #147. Please sign today!!
31 comments
Three Arrested in D.C. Seal Slaughter Protest
Offbeat  (tags: sea outfits, arrests, DC seal slaughter protest, canada )

Simone
- 175 days ago - blog.peta.org
This morning, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with President Obama at the Canadian Embassy in D.C., he got a welcome that I'm sure he won't forget any time soon.
5 comments
Scene-Stealing Squirrel Crashes Banff Tourist Photo
Offbeat  (tags: squirrel, tourist, Banff, Lake Minnewanka, Canada, photo op )

Karen
- 203 days ago - cbc.ca
A cheeky squirrel in Alberta's Banff National Park has gone viral after stealing the spotlight in a tourist's photo. Melissa Brandts, who was visiting from Minnesota, had set up her camera on a tripod to capture her and her husband, Jackson,
8 comments
THE BLACK HOLE   video
Offbeat  (tags: Canada, Short Film, NFB, Diamond Dugs, arts, bizarre, humans )

Teresa
- 285 days ago - youtube.com
The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner and partner YouTube, welcomes you to this NFB competition, now in its fifth year. It's your turn to choose. Internet votes will decide the best film,
3 comments
Why Boycott the 2010 Winter Olympics?
Offbeat  (tags: Boycott, Olympic Games, Canada, Seal hunt, Paul Watson )

Claudia
- 319 days ago - blogs.myspace.com
10 Questions and Answers on the 2010.Winter Olympics Boycott to stop the Canadian Seal Hunt
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