{"id":786814,"date":"2026-07-07T20:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786814\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:41:10","slug":"grizzly-bear-and-cubs-spotted-near-rawson-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786814\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzly bear and cubs spotted near Rawson Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A section of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park has been closed after a grizzly bear and its cubs were spotted in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertaparks.ca\/parks\/kananaskis\/peter-lougheed-pp\/#adv-21660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alberta Parks says the closure affects the Rawson Lake Trail and Sarrail Ridge<\/a> after the bear was seen feeding nearby. The precautionary closure came into effect Sunday, July 5, and will remain in place until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials are reminding visitors that wildlife encounters can happen anywhere in the park and are encouraging people to stay alert while outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"graphic\" data-caption=\"Graphic\/Alberta Parks\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f5111d94-709a-4e06-a4c9-ca928108bd30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/graphic .png\"\/>Graphic\/Alberta Parks<\/p>\n<p>Visitors are advised to make noise while hiking, travel in groups, keep pets on leash, carry bear spray, secure attractants, and remain aware of their surroundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A section of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park has been closed after a grizzly bear and its cubs were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-786814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786814","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=786814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}