Eleven people were injured, two of them critically, when a grizzly bear attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada. The Nuxalk Nation said the “aggressive bear” remained on the loose and police and conservation officers were on the scene. Conservation officers worked overnight to find the grizzly but have not yet located the bear. Grizzlies, which have coexisted with the Nuxalk Nation for generations, have a deep cultural significance for many of the First Nations along the Pacific coast. The Nuxalk bear safe program, which applies non-lethal approaches to preventing and mitigating conflict, also acknowledges that incidents need to be treated on a “case by case basis”.

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2025 00:00 UTC