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A house on 11th Avenue North caught fire in the early morning hours of Nov. 6. See more details on page 5. Photo Submitted
Man sustains minor injuries from bear attack Remembrance Day ............................11-15
Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net While there have been several minor conflicts between bears and residents this year, there had yet to be a report of an actual attack. Until late last month. One visiting tourist, a 47 year-old male from Calgary, was injured when a young
male black bear attacked him, apparently drawn by the smell of food to a rental property near Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. The incident happened in the evening of Oct. 24. “They had just made a potato salad and they were letting it cool. So it’s not like they were actively incorrectly storing garbage. They just put some food out on the deck and
a bear crawled up onto the deck,” said Conservation Officer Dan Bartol. One of the visiting tourists stepped out onto the deck and, not realizing that the bear was there, received a bite on the leg. “Fortunately they weren’t major injuries, just a couple punctures,” Bartol said. Continued on page 4