{"id":159922,"date":"2025-11-29T16:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/159922\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:48:14","slug":"four-in-hospital-after-bear-attacks-canada-school-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/159922\/","title":{"rendered":"Four in hospital after bear attacks Canada school children"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nuxalk First Nation said the attack affected their community, posting Thursday on Facebook that there was an \u201caggressive bear in the area\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Nuxalk Nation\u2019s school, Acwsalcta, said on Facebook that it was closed Friday \u201cdue to the bear incident\u201d.<\/p>\n

The school praised its staff\u2019s \u201ccourage\u201d during \u201can incredibly challenging moment,\u201d and said it will share more information in the near future. <\/p>\n

Veronica Schooner told the Canadian Press that her son was in the group that was attacked but was not injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that bear ran so close to him, but it was going after somebody else,\u201d she told CP.<\/p>\n

Late Thursday, the Nuxalk Nation reported that the bear remained at large and urged residents to stay indoors.<\/p>\n

The indigenous nation\u2019s administrative office declined to confirm on Friday whether a stay-indoors order remained active.<\/p>\n

The BC Conservation Officer Service, a wildlife body that has taken over the investigation, could not immediately be reached for comment on whether the bear had been found.<\/p>\n

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