Keremeos latest community to issue bear warnings<\/p>\n
Published 5:30 pm Tuesday, September 22, 2026<\/p>\n
The Village of Keremeos is the latest community in the Interior to issue a warning about bears being spotted nearby.<\/p>\n
A Sept. 21 notification distributed to residents said the bears had been spotted in all areas of the Village.<\/p>\n
In August, the City of Penticton issued a warning over a bear being spotted in the Wiltse area, and close the end of the month another bear was spotted on the other side of the valley in the West Bench area. <\/p>\n
A bear that wandered into a Pharmasave in Hope on Sept. 20 was found and had to be euthanized, after having already been tagged for interactions with people. Another bear cub was found dead on a Kelowna trail on Sept. 8, however that was due to a being attacked by a larger bear. <\/p>\n
Another bear cub was found in the middle of Okanagan Lake on Sept. 12, where it was rescued by a family of boaters. <\/p>\n
The Village of Keremeos issued a reminder to take extra precautions while going out and to avoid attracting bears. <\/p>\n
With the summer heat fading and fall approaching, bears will begin preparing for the winter hibernation, which means seeking out food in order to fatten themselves up. <\/p>\n
Steps that can help avoid attracting bears include the following:<\/p>\n
* Use motion lights and lock vehicles
* Store garbage securely inside a locked garage or shed until morning of collection
* Pick ripe fruit and vegetables right away and clean up any that have fallen to the ground
* Keep an eye on children and animals when outside, keep pet food indoors and avoid feeding pets outside
* Remove bird feeders as seed and suet offer high calorie counts
* Manage compost properly by turning piles often, avoiding meat or fish scraps, and adding lime to reduce odors
* Clean barbecue grills and burn off grease after every use<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keremeos latest community to issue bear warnings Published 5:30 pm Tuesday, September 22, 2026 The Village of Keremeos…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-906093","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\/906093","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=906093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}