Hubert Esquirol says he was talking on a satellite phone with his daughter, Stephanie Blais, when the 44-year-old was attacked by a black bear at the family cabin on McKie Lake, north of Buffalo Narrows, Sask. So I was talking to her on the phone when the bear attacked her." "Curtis called advising me that a bear attacked her, that he sprayed the bear with pepper spray, and the bear got more angry." "So the bear could have attacked Stephanie, disabled her and then killed the two children, two swats with its front leg. This is the first fatal bear attack in the province since 1983.

Source: CBC News August 24, 2020 17:59 UTC