Canada is celebrating its 150th anniversary of Confederation this year, and with it comes a lot of stories about Canadian… Read More
Canada is celebrating its 150th anniversary of Confederation this year, and with it comes a lot of stories about Canadian fur history. If you want to learn about how the country was founded on the fur trade, then check out our piece entitled The Country that Fur Built: Canada’s Fur Trade History (pictured above). Life on the Line is an excellent interactive piece about whether trapping is outdated or a part of living heritage. (We all know it's the latter.) Other articles about Canadian fur history include this story about a man who ran a Hudson's Bay store in the remote North and a profile on a fur trader from the 1800's. Some people are going beyond the typical Canada Day celebrations, like this guy, who is paddling from Banff to Montreal to reconnect with his Metis ancestry.
The thought of pizza makes us hungry, but how about pasta instead? One of our favourite Canadian chefs, Eric Pateman, has been cooking up a delicious seal Bolognese, and the Globe and Mail did a Q&A with Dion Dakins, who talks about whether seals are too cute to eat. Sealing is about more than sealers, of course, which is why we wrote about the other people involved in this trade. Since we are on the topic of wild meat, there's good news in Oregon where it has now been made legal to harvest roadkill.
Let's end with a few tips for summer
Need some new sandals? These fur ones by Zizi Donohoe (pictured above) were made for 7-Eleven.
Better watch out for bobcats, too, since their populations are rebounding after a decades-long hunting ban.
Need a coffee date this afternoon? If you are in San Francisco you might be able to have coffee with a rat. (Seriously.)
Want to keep the kids busy with a science experiment this summer? Try and replicate our fur burial experiment. It will teach them about biodegradation and the benefits of real fur!
Need a caddie for your golf game this summer? This furry guy has got you covered.
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