{"id":284853,"date":"2025-11-15T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284853\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:26:09","slug":"check-out-this-grocery-store-flier-in-whitehorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284853\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out this grocery store flier in Whitehorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 3 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>A shopping trip turned into an unexpected spectacle for some Yukoners after a large raven made its way into the Your Independent Grocer in Whitehorse on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple of people were a bit freaked out, including the staff \u2026 There were some different emotions,\u201d store owner Mark Wykes said.\u00a0\u201cThat bird was big, you know, it wasn&#8217;t a songbird.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Small birds sometimes get into the store, but Wykes says this is the first time a raven has stopped in. <\/p>\n<p>He says the bird flew across the store, going from the bakery section to the fresh-produce section at the opposite end of the building. It then did a few laps before it finally settled down. It did not appear to be shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was actually surprised because I&#8217;ve never seen one that close up besides hopping around on the ground. But flying right over your head \u2026 We have low ceilings here,\u201d Wykes said. &#8220;It was massive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Canadian Wildlife Federation, ravens are on average about the size of a hawk, which could range between 56 to 69 centimetres in length.<\/p>\n<p>Wykes says although it was in an all-you-can-eat buffet opportunity, the bird seemed unhappy and stressed. Wykes says he called authorities for help and two conservation officers responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were tromping around here with huge fishing nets,\u201d Wykes said. \u201cLooked like they were on the shores \u2026 trying to get some salmon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"man with a net stands on the top of the refrigeration section of a grocery store\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763216769_487_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9852469531751122\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Conservation officers answered the call for help to remove the raven from the store.  (Submitted by Malcolm Knutson)<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bond happened to be in the store shopping for chili ingredients and he saw it all \u4e00 the raven hanging out above the lettuce, shoppers laughing, and conservation officers waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a little bit out of reach for the nets,\u201d Bond said.\u00a0\u201cSo they were kind of waiting for it to \u2026 maybe fly by. But it was interesting. I mean, it seemed to have the upper hand in evading authorities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The officers were eventually able to safely remove the bird after about 45 minutes, according to the store\u2019s owner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed like kind of a unique northern experience,\u201d Bond said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was rooting for the raven. I was hoping, \u2018eh, just hop on the shoulder here and I\u2019ll give you a lift to get you out of this situation.&#8217;\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-284853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}