{"id":670400,"date":"2026-05-15T04:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670400\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:07:09","slug":"bear-released-without-charges-after-being-arrested-in-east-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670400\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear released without charges after being arrested in East Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A black bear is unharmed after being taken into police custody in East Vancouver Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says it received 911 calls after the bear was seen wandering around Commercial Drive near Grandview Highway around 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VPD officers tracked down a big, furry suspect last Tuesday around 1:00 a.m. after the VPD received 911 calls about a black bear wandering around Commercial Drive and Grandview Highway. Patrol officers located the bear, and the Emergency Response Team assisted when the bear was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XyKoZ20qR6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XyKoZ20qR6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VancouverPD\/status\/2055057903359598668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officers followed the \u201cbig, furry suspect\u201d as it meandered toward Hastings and Commercial.<\/p>\n<p>The VPD Emergency Response Team helped contain the bear until the BC Conservation Officer Service could come to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Conservation Service arrived, the bear was tranquilized and taken to North Vancouver,\u201d the VPD said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody was hurt, the bear slept it off, and was released without charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A black bear is unharmed after being taken into police custody in East Vancouver Tuesday. The Vancouver Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-670400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670400","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=670400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}