Protesters not interested in ending hunt

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The Green Party's organizer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ted Warren, has quit over the party's ties with radical environmentalists.

Environmentalist organizations, he says, have proven they aren't interested in ending the hunt.

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Protesters not interested in ending hunt - 28/04/08
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Fashion house staff visit Nunavut




Northern News Services
Published Monday, April 28, 2008
IQALUIT - The European fashion house Hermes recently held a worldwide contest for their employees to submit a dream of any kind, travelling or otherwise.

Ten employees from France, Korea, Hong Kong and England were chosen, and their dream was to travel to the Canadian Arctic and learn about the Inuit way of life.

The group spent time in Iqaluit and Kimmirut, and in that time they learned to fish, travelled to an iceberg and made tea with ice fresh off the berg. One of the other things they did was visit the fur production course at the Nunavut Arctic College campus in Iqaluit to see how the Inuit use sealskin.

"We were very conscious of the European response to seal," said Kyra Fisher of the college.

"We explained right away that in Nunavut, seal is shot (not clubbed) and that every part of the seal is utilized."

Poursuivre la lecture: http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/apr28_08fh.html

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Trip organizer Emmanuelle Crane said that it was very difficult to get the paperwork to export animal product pieces, such as the polar bear paw piece that was purchased in Kimmirut.