Ticketing information will be announced on Thursday, May 12 with tickets going on sale Friday, May 13 at 10 a.m.

Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott, who founded Spirit North, says contributions rose by $10,000 in one day this past week, with donors stating Bear was the reason.

Spirit North, which aims to improve the health and well being of Indigenous youth through outdoor sport and play, is expanding from Alberta to more places in B.C. and into Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the coming year.