Eventually the bears walked away from the elk. Babault, who has authored three books on Vancouver Island and its wildlife, ...

The bears on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island are getting a lot smarter and learning some new tricks. Wildsafe B.C. says they've outsmarted the regional waste management system.

B.C. Conservation Officers killed the fewest black bears in over a decade last year, with numbers dropping nearly 50 per cent over 2023.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the number of black bears that were killed because of human-wildlife conflict last year — including 36 on the Island — dropped by half from a year earlier.

For more information, go to oakbay.ca/parks-recreation/events. Polar bear dip at Willows Beach The Lido Club, a Victoria-based ocean cold water swimming club, is hosting a polar bear dip at noon ...

The number of black bears "dispatched" in B.C. by the Conservation Officer Service (COS) in 2024 was the lowest in more than ...

The majority of black bears kills were in the Thompson-Okanagan, Kootenays, Cariboo and the North, and more rural parts of Vancouver Island. The highest numbers were in Williams Lake (13 ...