Record year for bear encounters in Jasper prompts renewed warnings

With the number of black bear encounters on the rise in Jasper, conservation officials caution that the problem will not be solved by relocating the animals out of town and that grizzlies could soon become part of the problem.

Record year for bear encounters in Jasper prompts renewed warnings
Black bears, undeterred by hazing, continue to fatten themselves on backyard fruit trees.

With the number of black bear encounters on the rise in Jasper, conservation officials caution that the problem will not be solved by relocating the animals out of town and that grizzlies could soon become part of the problem.