Stretching for more than 250 miles along the coast of British Columbia, the 21-million-acre ... First Nations communities as well as abundant wildlife: coastal gray wolves, grizzly bears, Sitka ...

Officials are urging residents to be alert and secure their garbage bins as B.C.'s bears wake up from their winter hibernation over the coming weeks.

The incident occurred just before 1 p.m., at an alpine area on the east side of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia backcountry, as the CBC reports. The group was on a tour with Kaslo-based ...