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B.C.s Conservation Officer Service says no culvert traps are currently set as a heat wave stretches across the province.

BC Bear Alliance is calling on B.C. politicians to create a policy that bans culvert bear traps during extreme heat events, likening it to a dog in a car.

An animal welfare organization is calling on provincial conservation officers to close all bear traps as B.C. deals with a record-breaking heat wave.

Despite what seems like the renewal of winter this week, Whistler residents are being asked to prepare for the awakening of the local black bear population. The emergence from hibernation comes at the same time the municipality has received funding to

After a province-wide Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review, the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) has announced that changes to highway speed limits are on the way, including in the Sea to Sky . . .

Ian Bunbury, Whistler Blackcomb lead hand safety worker, shares a quiet moment with his dog Hector as he recounts the May 14 incident in which he freed a bear cub - with the mother bear present - from a strand of netting on Whistler Mountain. Photo by Photo by David Burke/The Question Like most Good Samaritans, Ian Bunbury was quick to defer to another - in this case Whistler Blackcomb (WB) colleague Tim Rempel - as the real hero of the situation involving a bear cub that be...

As part of the celebrations, several local artists will also be spending their weekend producing live art along the Cultural Connector’s path through the Village, while artist Jessa Gilbert gets to work on the final stages of a new public art mural located on the Creekside underpass, funded by the RMOW. “BC Culture Days is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the Cultural Connector. It is an affirmation of Whistler’s increasing reputation for the arts, heritage and natural history,” sa...