News Items tag as: Bear Aware

iN VIDEO: Another look at Kamloops bear cub rescue
April 14, 2023 - 11:45 AM

Traffic was stalled in Kamloops earlier this week as two bear cubs struggled to cross a road. But one of the drivers stuck in traffic took matters into his own hands.
People fed this B.C. black bear to get photos: Now it's dead
August 08, 2020 - 8:00 AM

The death of friendly B.C. black bear Huckleberry serves as a sad reminder of the consequences of human interference with wildlife.
B.C. conservation officers move from education to enforcement to keep bears alive
May 25, 2020 - 4:24 PM

As bear sightings rise in the province, B.C. conservation officers are conducting bear attractant patrols to help reduce conflicts, and they are ready to hand you a violation ticket.
WildSafeBC calls on Penticton to keep mother bear and her five cubs safe
May 23, 2020 - 8:45 AM

WildSafeBC is asking people in Penticton be be bear aware after a sow and five cubs were spotted earlier this week in one of the city's neighbourhoods.
Know who doesn't care about COVID-19? Hungry bears out of hibernation
March 23, 2020 - 7:30 PM

The days are getting warmer, coaxing bears out of hibernation in the Thompson and Okanagan regions.
Conservation Service forced to put down aggressive bear in North Okanagan
July 04, 2019 - 3:41 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - A black bear had to be trapped and put down after it became aggressive following multiple visits to a Lumby area trailer park to eat garbage.
WILD WEDNESDAY: Here's how to properly use bear spray
September 05, 2018 - 1:00 PM

WildSafe B.C. is asking everyone to take just a few seconds out of their day to learn how to properly use bear spray.
Garbage carts raided by bear in West Kelowna
September 28, 2017 - 1:00 PM

WEST KELOWNA - A bear visited a West Kelowna neighbourhood for a late night snack of garbage left at the curb ahead of collection day.
Electric fence provides shocking experience for foraging bears
September 25, 2017 - 2:34 PM

OKANAGAN - To a hungry bear, nothing says go away like an electric shock to the nose or face.
VIDEO: Kamloops couple returning from horror film find something really frightening at home
September 12, 2017 - 12:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - Millions of people around the world were scared senseless by the movie "It" over the weekend, but a couple living in Kamloops found out what real fear feels like when they returned home from the theatre.
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THOMPSON: The ongoing war against cockroaches
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Meeting high demand for Christmas turkeys challenging farmers in Kamloops, Okanagan
If you want a free run, locally grown turkey for your Christmas table you might want to hustle to get your order in. Some organic farmers in Kamloops and the Okanagan are struggling to keep up with demand. “There are people already ca

NFL disability program leaves retired Saints tight end hurting and angry
Boo Williams wakes up each morning not knowing how the pain will hit. It could be debilitating headaches that make it impossible to get out of bed. Sometimes the pain shoots down his neck. Through all of it, he's angry. Williams, who pl

YO MAMA: I’ll have peeta putta and jam any day
“Me scoopa no vroom vroom, scoopa hitchy wee-oooh-weee-oooh.” I chuckled from the kitchen as I listened to my two-year-old trying to explain something to his auntie in the other room. “I didn’t quite catch that

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