Friends are remembering Valérie Thé​orêt as a strong and dynamic woman, a nature-lover, and a pillar of Yukon's francophone community. The baby's father, Gjermund Roesholt, found their bodies — and shot the bear dead — when he returned from a day checking his trapline. "It's so hard to believe it," said Madeleine Piuze, one of Thé​orêt's closest friends in Yukon. Yukon's francophone community is tight-knit — there are only about 1,500 people in the territory who consider French their first language, and most live in Whitehorse. Twelve years ago, Yukon's francophone community was devastated by another fatal bear attack.

Source: CBC News November 28, 2018 23:22 UTC