Bear Season

• Bears are waking up. Here’s how to keep them out of B.C. neighbourhoods

  "Fed bears quickly become conditioned to food handouts and will teach their cubs to approach people to get these inappropriate food rewards," BCCOS said in a press release. 

  Environment

  Apr 2, 2023
  
• Bears waking up from hibernation can bring trouble when garbage is involved, B.C. group says

  Reports of bear sightings in B.C. are already been coming in, with WildSafeBC saying that garbage is the most reported attractant involved in human-bear conflicts.

  Environment

  Mar 31, 2022
  
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• ‘The bears are awake. And hungry’: it’s the season for dumpster diving bears

  "The bears are awake. And hungry," says a Tri-Cities resident in a tweet with a photo of a toppled over garbage bin, full of bear bait.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2018