Experts say the slow formation of winter ice on Hudson Bay this year has pushed some polar bears to the brink of starvation.

A U.S. conservation group is calling for trade sanctions against Canada because of an increase in polar bear quotas in the Western Hudson Bay region.

Police are warning people to be on the lookout for a polar bear in the Bonavista Bay area of Newfoundland and Labrador, one of several reported in the region.

Days after provincial conservation officers killed a polar bear near St. Anthony, a second bear has been sighted in the area.