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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:45:40 -0800, Don't Feed The Bears! wrote:

> A grizzly bear attacked a group of students and teachers on Thursday in 
> a remote community on British Columbia's Central Coast, injuring several 
> people, according to the school, police and conservation officials.
> 
> The incident occurred in the Bella Coola Valley of the Nuxalk Nation.
> 
> CBS News' Canadian partner CBC reported two people were critically 
> injured and two others were seriously hurt. Others were treated on the 
> scene and released.
> 
> The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed to CBS News that they 
> responded to a call at 1:35 p.m. Thursday about a grizzly bear attack in 
> an area called Old Trail, but did not provide any further information 
> about the victims. CBS News also reached out to the British Columbia 
> emergency service but did not receive a response.
> 
> The B.C Conservation Officer Service put out a statement urging 
> residents to stay away from the forest and river area near the site 
> until further notice. The agency said efforts to locate and capture the 
> bear continued on Friday.
> 
> The Nuxalk Nation chief, Samuel Schooner, said in a Facebook post that 
> the "aggressive bear" in the area is still on the loose. He warned 
> people not to look for it and to stay indoors.
> 
> "There has been a bear incident near 4 Mile. For the safety of all, 
> please stay indoors, off the highway near the administration office, and 
> off all trails," the chief said.
> 
> The conservation service said the students and teachers had stopped 
> along a trail near the river when a grizzly bear emerged from the forest 
> and attacked.
> 
> "Multiple teachers physically intervened, using bear spray and a bear 
> banger, to drive the bear away," the agency said.
> 
> Veronica Schooner said her 10-year-old son Alvarez was in the class and 
> was "traumatized" and "in shock" after the attack, The Canadian Press 
> reported.
> 
> "He was running for his life," she said, adding that the bear got so 
> close, "he even felt its fur."
> 
> She told the news outlet a lot of people tried to stop the attack but 
> one male teacher "got the whole brunt of it."
> 
> Acwsalcta School, an independent First Nation school in the Nuxalk 
> Nation in Bella Coola, said in a Facebook post that the incident 
> involved the school's community members and that the school will be 
> closed on Friday due to the bear attack.
> 
> "Our thoughts and heartfelt prayers are with the student and staff 
> member who were injured," the school wrote. "...We also extend our care 
> to all students who witnessed or were affected by the event; no one 
> handles events like this alone, and we are committed to providing the 
> emotional support and resources needed in the days and weeks ahead."
> 
> Last month, a grizzly bear attack injured two hikers in B.C's McGregor 
> Mountain area, northeast of Prince George. One of the hikers who was 
> transported to the hospital in critical condition died a few weeks later 
> due to complications.
> 
> The grizzly that was involved in the mauling was also found dead, the 
> B.C Conservation Officer Service said.
> 
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grizzly-bear-attack-injures-students-teachers-british-columbia-canada/

I be guessin' this happened in a Berry Patch being poached, and
now the bear's hiding out 'cause it knows we're coming to kill it.

Dhu

 -- 
Je suis Canadien:
  Ce n'est pas Francais ou Anglais,
  C'est une esp`ece de sauvage. 
  Ne obliviscaris: vix ea nostra voco!

 *A mari ad mari ad mari*

  Duncan Patton a Campbell