Man attacked by black bear in Castlegar<\/p>\n
Published 10:48 am Friday, October 2, 2026<\/p>\n
Conservation officers are investigating a black bear attack that happened in Castlegar Sept. 28.<\/p>\n
According to the BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS), a man was sitting outside his home around 8:30 p.m. when he was bitten by a bear.<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s injuries were not life-threatening.<\/p>\n
Conservation officers interviewed the victim and attended the site as part of their investigation.<\/p>\n
Due to public safety concerns, trapping efforts are now underway to capture the offending bear.<\/p>\n
BCCOS says any bear captured will be assessed to determine next steps.<\/p>\n
Conservation officers are continuing to monitor bear activity in the area and will respond as necessary to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n
BCCOS encourages the public to familiarize themselves with precautions to take in case of wildlife encounters, including leashing pets and carrying bear spray.<\/p>\n
For more tips and resources, visit WildSafeBC.com<\/p>\n
Report bear conflicts and aggressive bear behaviour to the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man attacked by black bear in Castlegar Published 10:48 am Friday, October 2, 2026 Conservation officers are investigating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-918827","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\/918827","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=918827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}