Bella Coola

• More than a dozen new blazes in B.C. since Sunday

  The B.C. Wildfire Service says wildfire activity over the weekend saw more than a dozen new blazes sparked since Sunday.

  Fire

  Jul 17, 2023
  
• Family identify 2 victims in fishing boat capsizing on Bella Coola River

  The family is thanking rescuers for their efforts.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2021
  
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• 2 people still missing after fishing boat capsizes on Bella Coola River

  Bella Coola RCMP said one person's body has been recovered after a fishing boat capsized on Aug. 10 but two people also believed to have been in the boat remain missing.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2021
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• B.C.’s top court hears closing arguments in 1983 murder of toddler

  Phillip Tallio pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his 22-month-old cousin in 1983 but testified last month that he did not understand what that meant.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2020
• Miscarriage of justice before B.C. teen’s 1983 guilty plea in girl’s murder: lawyer

  Thomas Arbogast says Phillip Tallio pleaded guilty in 1983 based on "ineffective assistance" from his lawyer at the time.

  News

  Nov 23, 2020
• Biologists, animal experts say solution to Bella Coola’s grizzly bear phenomenon lies with humans

  "If people understood [the bears], and replaced the sense of fear they had of them with respect, then there’d be a lot less conflict between humans and bears."

  Environment

  Nov 8, 2018
• Bella Coola First Nations members on patrol to reduce conflict between humans and grizzlies

  Some residents in Bella Coola B.C. have become so concerned about the growing grizzly bear population in the community, they have now set up nightly patrols to help protect themselves.

  Environment

  Nov 7, 2018
• Grizzly bear behaviour stirs dialogue and debate in the Bella Coola Valley

  This is the first in a three-part series focusing on the Bella Coola Valley’s grizzly bear population, and the issues surrounding it.

  Nov 5, 2018
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• ‘My scalp tore and it dropped me’: Bella Coola man describes grizzly bear attack

  A Bella Coola man is recovering in Vancouver General Hospital after he was attacked by a sow grizzly bear. (Warning: this article contains graphic content.)

  Jul 7, 2018
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• Bella Coola man found dead after his floating home ‘destroyed’

  Mounties said the man lived in a floating home, but had been experiencing problems with the house which may have been sinking.

  Nov 3, 2017